of the wonderful repository system? What I do understand is the people just come out with an endless list of invalid excuses and FUD when it comes to talking about Linux and conveniently forget that for every issue Linux has, Windows its own problem. Re: @Pete : Divide and conquer Re: Divide and conquer World domination is just a matter of time. The last time I looked, Linux worked out of the box on more hardware than any other operating system. I can not recall where I saw the stat, but it sort of does match reality. For me, it just works. There is a thing called a "learning curve" If you are unlearned then you are free to ask, and you will be given the free knowledge. If you are not prepared to learn, then stick with what you think you know. Re: @Pete : Divide and conquer "A smart, non-IT guy, would not have been able to carry out this work because they wouldn't have known where to start. I had to research and repeat work which had been done by many people already and should have been in the build from day one. We're not talking about obscure hardware either..." I replaced Vista with Win XP on a Gateway laptop for which XP was not officially supported. The experience was very similar to what you encountered with Fedora Linux. Re: @Pete : Divide and conquer &gt; &gt; I've done this any number of time on any number