TTfn, Thanks for expanding on the "portability" issue. Hopefully, someday we will see an OS-iondependant version of every useful software application. Also, I was under the impression that Lindows was far from being a "commercially viable alternative to Windows"? Are there other distros that would make the transition more readily available/easier? I also heard that there were stability issues with Wine when using intensive applications. Have these issues been pretty much addressed?