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about makefile, compiling the kernel (for the first time), etc. So, my question is: Is Rh 6.2 going to so much faster on this machine that's it's going to be worth my daughter being without a computer for a month while I try to get it to do what 7.3 will do right out of the box?

Really, the bottleneck is probably all the X thingies she needs. These are needs, right? 6.2 uses a bit less system resources than 7.3, but it has it's faults too... it's no longer supported by redhat. It's also not much of a multimedia -ready desktop compared to 7.3. What I would suggest is that she might try knoppix for a while and see if she (and you) can handle debian. If so, then you'll be off and running with a good little woody install. 8,000+ programs to chose from, and software management is a breeze with apt-get. I was a bit intimidated myself at first moving from redhat, but once I got the idea of apt-get it got a little easier. Most of the configs are in the software, so they're pretty generic across the board. Worth checking out anyways... -- Keith Mastin BeechTree Information Technology Services Inc. Toronto, Canada (416)696 6070 -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml