yum's great! I installed the minimal packages and used yum for X Windows and Firefox :) I might go with KDE, or gnome, or swordfish, dunno; but it's nice to have so many options. thanks for the help, Thufir -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org http://fcp.homelinux.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=53946&topic_id=13494&forum=10#forumpost53946