Thanx - leaning that way from 6.1 SuSE .docs I have
which I've been using to crawl up to speed. From what you all say lately, latest of RH, Debian, SuSE, Mandrake are indeed damn near idiot-proof unless one has rilly weird h/ware. (I gave up on even messing with the 486s for all obv. reasons - not least of which - driver hunts)
Although the SuSE 6.1 manual walks thru a command-line install (useful ref. later on) the book layout, Index! I find intelligible and er logical.. such a refreshing change from menu-nonintuitive AND condescending.
My first choice - whether stand-alone or dual-boot, when I nab another cheapo eMachine. WTF in for a penny..
Cheers,
Ashton