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Mandrake 8 installs much better than 8.1, but X-windows looks a lot better (especially fonts) in 8.1. I reinstalled 8.1 on a workstation yesterday, and was having all kinds of hardware problems. They boiled dow to using the ext3 file system. I reinstalled using ext2 (linux 2) and everything worked.

Have you tried SuSe? Version 7.3 is reported as a Windows slayer at The Register, and a breeze to install and setup.

MDK 8.0 Did install nicely for me. I just wrote and printed my first Microsoft-free document tonight (****grin***) on WordPerfect for Linux and was very pleased at how the Linux version functions. You're right about the fonts though-they do look a bit different.

I'll probably be holding on to my Mandrake install for now since I paid good money for it (I know I could've downloaded it for free but I'm an impatient person and the version I bought included a horde of other killer apps.) My wife and I are actually interested in going a different route from windoze with our desktop configuration (we're hotkey fanatics--must come from working in WP for so long) so I'll probably work with tweaking all the various options and window-manager alternatives until it suits us...

Yet another advantage of the Open-Source movement--the sheer diversity enhances your ability to customize your environment to suit your own needs--not someone else's impression of your needs.