1. The average new Joe sixpack machine is at least 1.2GHz/256MB. 2. I use Helix Gnome and their RedCarpet program for almost all software installation. It makes installation so fast and easy. Unfortunately you can't use it for things like RealPlayer and Flash yet but I assume that will come before long. Anybody: Can things like Flash be installed with an RPM when you don't know ahead of time what directory they will need to be installed in? Brady > Mark, > > I know this is gonna get me trouble but here goes.. > > As much as I hate to admit it, for Joe six pack Linux just isn't there yet. > I run Windows 2k here at work but at home I run Linux about 95% of the time > and love it. My brother after dealing with windows crashing all the time > decided to try linux. I tried to talk him into a dual boot but he would not > even consider it so I gave him my Mandrake 8 disks and told him to have at > it. He got it installed on his own (for the most part) and got the stuff he > used most working and loved it. For about two days, until he had to install > real player and a couple of other apps he wanted to try. Most people don't > want to work any harder than point and click to get stuff to work. In > another year or two this will change but for now Linux just isn't ready for > the average home user, corporate user may be a different story but I kinda > doubt that too. > > To make an already long and boring post a little shorter, my brother has > gone back to using windows.