yep, i have used ev1.net for more than a year with redhat linux and the 
few times i had questions; they were REALLY helpful (even though they 
say they don't support linux) they seemed really knowledgeble to me (but 
then i'm a perenial newbie :-[ )_

question for TED; since you  use gnome.
about 6 months ago i did something in my desktop that caused the little 
boxes on the bottom panel (you know, the ones that show which windows 
are open)  to disappear.  the icons are still on the panel; but if i 
opened  say, a command line box, or a mozilla window, when i tried to 
make it minimize, it would not go down into the panel in a little 
rectangle but disappear altogether. no more little rectangles at all!

since i could never fix this i just made a new user :-[  then moved my 
files to my new self and it hasn't happened again in my new user 
personality.

any clue what i did to cause this ? one , so i don't do it again, and 
two, so maybe i can learn something. i am thinking linux supports 
schizophrenia.

thanks
betty i