as well as all the other problems I have been experiencing=2E I really like linux! I know that it is better than anything M$ ever has or e= ver will put out=2E Unfortunately, I have been subjected to so much frustrat= ion and anger that I cannot get it operating that I have decided that=2E=2E=2E=2E= HI-HO HI-HO To Micro$oft I go=2E I think that many of you expected me to do this (and one of you (without ex= plicitly telling ME to) even suggested that a few of us need to do this=2E O= ne of the real good things that came out of this adventure into the open sou= rce world is that I discovered a very good graphics editor and office suite=2E= Now I just need to know how to open a tar file in windows=2E Any help would= be appreciated:) :-)Mike(-: