hi tom;
well, i'm not very geeky, in fact i'm barely competent to use the 
windoze desktops on some machines.  and i'm 51 y/o , so i'm an old 
learner. but i did install rh 7.3 without having to use any command line 
stuff.  only caveat was , i had to use an external modem.

after several months, i started playing with the command line stuff and 
have been having lots of fun.

maybe using the .0 version was more difficult.

anyway, the STABILITY is why i use this as my primary machine.  i've not 
had any bsod since i started it. i have no virus problems, and it is 
running 24/7 on an old e-machine since last fall... ;-)

i think it is good just for the stability, and good for us older people 
for the intellectual challenge if we want to get into the cl stuff.
sorry you feel you have to leave, maybe you'll want to return someday...
betty i.