I suppose almost any flavor of UNIX would be OK for improving one's skills and if that were the only goal, I'd probably just fire up one of my Linux boxes. I guess I could use an old 386/Linux box and fulfill my classic collecting urges at the same time... Naw... A big ol honkin 9000 with 3 racks full of disks and twin 9-track tape drives is a whole lot cooler... Shame I live in South Florida, I'm sure you guys that live in more northern climates could use the extra heat I'm generating :-) See Ya, Steve _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com