<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like to thank John Levin for his response to my post. The information given, was very helpful and I would like to post further, enclosing details of the pc,card and distro,(Gutsy Gibbon)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My residence is France, I am from the UK. The French LUG's are very helpful, Ubuntu is mega here, the language always poses a difficulty at this level with support.</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree with Sean Miller, that it is the fault of the hardware manufacturers but having said that, Linux is trying to compete as an operating system and knows the pitfalls it faces. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a semi retired engineer, who came to computing quite late on, I try to keep going with it, because I believe it is the way forward for me. It is just frustrating to not get anywhere, I expect the brain cells  are the cause.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks for letting me rant</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Davis</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>