me is no LInux wiz, just feeling quite comfortable having spend 5 days after change to get a clue where the jack rabbit is heading to .... and being able to use and configure the machine to my needs.

But obvioulsy i've gotten computer instinct. I usually takes me less than a week to get into a new CAD system (record: 18 hours with HP ME30). Exception: those friggin' systems which are made not-being self-teachable. Like Pro/Engineer. And CADDS. But in AutoCAD i'm a true wiz, have gotten into LISP programming myself without seminars, have programmed auxiliary geometry utilities, involute toothing for gear wheels, automatic dimensioning procedures etc. .... meanwhile i feel quite at home having LISP manipulate elements in AutoCAD's element database. Being close to program a Pentium in Assembler code, tellya!

After 6 months of Linux experience, i wish now all the CAD systems had stayed in the UNIX world and not hopped over to Windoze & Co. You are right, this Linux is incredibly stable and rugged if set up properly.

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Greets,
Bernhard