george & lee thanks for the ideas re; open office and offering to bring the CD's . I am unable to go to westside mtgs; they are on tues. which is DOG TRAINING night. and unfortunately, linux is 2nd to dog training. but i will be at installfest, sneaking in some snacks and bringing a box for a debian install. i will also bring some blank cd's in case anyone needs them. btw; where can i find the press release to send to some people who may be interested; i don't recall ever seeing it in it's completed/approved format. betty i. ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the EV1 webmail system at mail.ev1.net