Thanks to everyone who offered their wisdom as to the possibility of creating some kind of structure that would allow for using window e yes sonar and a Linux environment. I welcome knowing if something cannot be done with the reasons rather than just he idea of it being difficult at this time but no explanation why. btw, and i guess this too is a no. as the most popular driver even with Linux and speakup is lynx, then the security test boxes used at some places must not be achievable with Linux either? Karen