And on the geek front. i once again have a fully functional linux workstation. Graphics, soundcard everything!!!!. it is separate from the router/firewall box and is therefore allowed to have insecure things like an Xserver on it. i forgot how much linux kicks ass on the desktop. the noise you hear about how linux is unsuitable for the desktop is just plain wrong. and although i had switched to gnome just before circumstances forced me to give up the workstation I have now come back into the kde fold. kde 2 kicks ass too. the Gaim client for aol im is pretty spiffy. and opera is spiffnificent. (so for those of you look at your server logs you were not hit by Internet Explorer on linux. it was actually opera lying about itself(cuz it can)). check out icepack linux while it is not the distribution i am currently running it is just what most people need for a workstation. and not a lot of other stuff