Okay, this is cool. I have cleared my calendar for this! Now, keeping in mind that I am a raw beginner at Linux, what do I need to bring besides myself, the computer I want to load Linux on and some assorted power cables, keyboards, etc.? Will I need to have CD's with a copy of some flavor of Linux or will we have network access? Is there a preferred flavor? Will there be an interpreter/liaison when all the experts go too fast and use too many acronyms? ;-) I have experience fdisking, reformatting and reloading windoze machines but it has been a while since I have dealt with command line interface. The extent of my Linux is how to login, logout, change directories and list files. Will it be a total waste of my time and someone else's as they show me the ropes, hopefully letting ME do the actual work? I would really like to bring a used Dell Poweredge with a RAID setup that I would like to be our filtering/proxy server but if that is beyond what anyone wants to tackle in this setting, I would be happy to bring a PII or PIII and go from there. Please don't flame me for not being a total geek. I'm one the new Linux converts who's been lurking on the edge watching it develop and waiting until I thought I could wade in and not immediately drown. :) Thanks. Dana S. Millaway District Technology Coordinator Holdingford Public School _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list