yea, another question. as mentioned before i am a writer - so duh.... guess what i use my computer for the most. my goal is to convert over to Linux as close to full time as possible on the 1st of the year. can anyone recomend any good word processors? StarOffice is waaaay too much for me. AbiWord (is that the right name.....) seems rather nice & could work fine for me. what i would really adore is something that spell checks with oxford english. maybe some of you folks across the pond could help me with that one? thanks very much Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]