Well, I've certainly received many useful comments from first responders. The situation is, indeed, more complicated than the guy in the electronics store claimed.
I can't say my problem is 'solved'. I now know that I have a lot of research and deciding to do. But I now have a solid starting point. Thanks very much to all. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org