bazooka, the mobo would have said "designed for windows", and heres a quote from theregister.co.uk about redhat's controversial gui "bluecurve"...
"If Linux is to make an impact in the desktop market, it needs to lose its techie image."
thats exactly right, thats what im trying to put forward, oh and thanks for researching what "Ferrous Cranus" meant buddy, shows you wasted some of your time for me =)
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