Well as I listed in other posts, I am using XP and I have VMware Workstation 3.0 installed on it. I made a virtual computer for linux (Mandrake 8.0). I installed it and everything, but right after the first screen at startup of the computer, it displays something and just stops there. I don't remember off hand what it says, but I will post it when I get home from college later today. I installed Red Hat 5.2 and it seemed to work fine, although it is kinda old, and it started in a command prompt. At the time I was too lazy to crack open the book for it and figure that out, but as far as I know, that version of linux does work. If you just happen to know what my problem is with Mandrake 8.0, please tell me