I've seen a few times, not only on this list but also on devel list, some comments about the [slow] speed of Fedora desktop. Anyone concerned with this issue might wish to check what's been posted yesterday here: http://www.yoper.com/comparison/desktopcomparison.html and as openoffice calc http://www.yoper.com/comparison/comparison.sxc (it's not very well explained but shows measurements from a good number of distros). Good news #1 : FC2 is on a tie with MDK 10. Good news #2 : Debian 3.2 is still slower. Not-so-good news: 19 other distros are rated as being faster than these 3. Now, as a newbie I'd like to hear any comments on how easy would be for an average user to tune FC2 up in order to achieve better performance than that of the out-of-box defaults (on the desktop side I mean). Thnx Thiers Botelho