Yes, you can get Poser and Vue 4 to run on Linux - you'll need Win4Lin by NeTraverse, though ( http://www.netraverse.com ) I've also tried WineX, but that requires a gallong of .dll's copied, and it's unstable. I have not tried Codeweavers' Office Plugin, but I suspect that it may well work (dunno yet - I'll have to test it out, CW does have a free demo, so I can try using that to run it I guess :) ) I use Red Hat 8.0 for all of my artwork nowadays - the latest item in my gallery, at 1.5 million polys and a zillion imported Poser goodies (Dystopia is my bestest construction friend), rendered in Vue 4 in 3.5 hours, at a resolution of 1400 x 1024 @ 240dpi using the "Ultra" setting. :) Never thought of pulling a Beowulf cluster though... I'd have to scare up a lot of node boxes and find a place to stick 'em all first... /P