:~>> valuable packages have number asociated with them which is close to 100, :~>> while "junk" packages have a number close to 0 (well, junk packages do not :~>> make it into the distro, but you get the picture) :~> :~>Now that I understand it, I actually like that option. When I first saw that :~>slide bar, I did not have a clue of what to do... since I had space on my HD, I :~>just moved the slider all the way to the right. I assume a lot of others did :~>the same. :~> :~>Now, is the slide bar mentioned in the manual? I did not read the manual prior :~>to installing, but then again I had a download disk, not a packaged distro. And :~>who RTFM anyway? Maybe an "on-the-fly" explanation of what the slide bar means :~>is in order... Obviously we need to do something to make it clearer, but the idea itself is really very nice. :~>And are the "grades" Mandrakesoft gives each package available anywhere? I :~>would like to check those grades out. At the moment only in /Mandrake/base/compssList, but in the future "rpmdrake" will make use of these numbers. cu Denis -- ----------------------------------------------------- Dr. Denis Havlik <http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik> Mandrakesoft ||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @) (private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -------------------oOO--(_)--OOo---------------------