Hi Buddy, Nope, you explained it very well indeed. Now, care to take the next step, which I am not knowledgeable enough to try? Send a short list of the things that are *really* needed in a Linux installation. Lemme see if I can start. First, you need the kernel. then you need some kind of editor, VI Emax whatever, an editor. You'll probably want the C libraries for yourself, or for anyone tinkering on your system. You'll want Lynx and its attendant libraries. You'll want the curses stuff too. You'll want the alsa stuff for your sound card and its attendant stuff. You'll want a mailer, Pine, MUT or something. You'll want the stuff for your network card if you have one or the PPP stuff for dialup. That should do you, I think. Have I forgotten anything, Buddy? Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT
