alan wrote: > It is harder than it should be. But it is not impossible. All it takes > is a bit of research and not buying the cheapest piece of crap at Fry's. I don't think the last piece of advice is very good. The cheapest piece of crap is probably _more_ likely to work under Linux than the most expensive piece of crap. Of course it makes more sense to ask before you buy, in either case. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland