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> Also, any information any of you might have on what few commercial apps > might be available for PPC Linux, those references would be great too. Mathematica is available at cost for linux on PPC. technical requirements RAM/HD space: http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/platforms/ store: http://store.wolfram.com/view/app/mathematica/ I have not tried it out on Mandrake. It is not listed by default on the student page, but is IIRC available nonetheless. Q.