Hi Karen, Actually, a discussion of this kind is a worthy one for this list. I don't know the technical details, but having explored the possibilities of using the TCConference software in Linux, I can understand your frustration. What client is this? Who makes it? Is it under the GPL? These would be my first questions to ask. If it's under the GPL, making a port would be easy. If it isn't, then you got problems. I understand that TCConference works in Linux, for example, but you must run X, and you must have a way to access it, either Gnome or something else. Developers of TCConference haven't been exactly forthcoming about just how their client works in Linux. These are problems I am facing. I imagine you're in the same boat, though with a different software. I'd really like to see a discussion of this problem and how it gets solved. So, I'm pleading for folks not to take it off-list. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT