Sigh, another "Linux is so ghey, Windows it the greatest" thread. Well its the message I'm getting anyways, put it this way, if you want to run Windows, run windows, want to run Linux, run linux. SIMPLE AS THAT ! I'm sick of all of these threads about people going to linux from windows and expect it to do everything and have it nice and easy, and then they complain if something doesn't work. I have been using Linux for some time now (3 years and counting, close to it anyways) and I have come across some really tough spots I must say, and frustrated at times, and threatened my computer with a WindowsXP cd, LOL... BTW, I run linux on my main machine, and Windows on my other 2 machines. I find the challenge of Linux a very good learning curve. I use HP-UX at work which is a form of Unix, and it is quite good for picking up hardware and the like. My guess is that Windows is for major software developers and users, and Unix/Linux and even Apples OS (which is also unix based) is for major hardware developers and users. Apple has its industry in hardware, go figure ! My 2 cents