Another alterantive for vmware could be www.colinux.org, something like cygwin but it boots up whole linux system, and its gpl. Some ports are there around for gentoo debian and redhat, with 2.4 and 2.6 kernel. It could be started as a deamon in the background, and it^s ssh able from outside. Main advantage GPL = no costs, only brain power. Greetings, Florian -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florian Haberl Universitaet Erlangen/ Computer-Chemie-Centrum Nuernberg Naegelsbachstr. 25 D-91052 Erlangen Mailto: florian.haberl AT chemie.uni-erlangen.de -------------------------------------------------------------------------------