my apologies to the list. the intent was to send one email that was off-topic, and all other replies would be off-the-list. it didn't turn out that way. worse yet, I seem to have sparked off what could easily be an open-ended discussion of who has the best brand of Linux. I appreciate all the help and feedback. but I'd request that any further replies to my Linux post be made off-list, directly to me or whoever posts the message. And note that when you hit reply, you may have to manually remove "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" from the "To:" list. Thank you, Greg
