> The problem is Cooker is about to become the release > version.
Yes, after at least one more beta and several rc's. Mandrake hasn't said that (or when) they are releasing 9.0. I'm sure if you looked at another OS while it was still in development between versions you'd find it was just as full of bugs. Thats why it's called development. If 9.0 is released and still has all these probs, trust me, I'll be one of the first in line to bitch, but it's not, this is cooker :) Ryan