Hey thanks alot guys. Shell accounts eh? Might have to find out what those are,have heard of them before. All this, Suse , RedHat, Mandrake, so many choices, but we need a certain choice, for a real beginner, Suse,RedHat,Mandrake? Will look into the sites tomorrow, bed time is aComing'. any good stores on the net that sell unix/Linux books for beginners, heard of oreily.com i will post a poll for the type of linux i should learn, just to get opinions. Thanks for the help!

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