these Alphas, too. Not that any of the Linux distros are *bad*, it's just that most people I know who run these boxes run NetBSD on them. I always thought a good rule of thumb for the *BSDs is FreeBSD for internet services like ftp, web, etc, OpenBSD for firewalls and other security stuff, and NetBSD if you wanted to turn your cellphone into a file server. :) -- </W>