imac wrote: > Thanks Dimesio and DaVince. I purchased this OS from Ebay and it just says PC Linux OS 2009. Will dig a bit deeper and see what I can find out. Appreciate the help, guess you get quite a bit of calls for help. Having only used windows from 3.1 to vista Linux seems to be from another planet, although in saying that it doeas seem to operate bit smoother especially on the net. > Cheers So your distro is PCLinuxOS. You need to check their documentation and support forum for how to install packages. http://www.pclinuxos.com/