Trustix is a secure version of Redhat. 1.2 comes with a 2.2.17 kernel (modified slightly with extra secureity stuff - FreeSWAN and VPN stuff ). It has everything preconfigured for security and doesn't have a GUI at all. I am using it as a firewall and it is very nice. They did a good job on this one. This is a firewall howto w/ Trustix 1.2 if anyone is interested. http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-10/lw-10-fwinstall1.html Another thing. I am also trying to install the new 2.4.2 kernel and something has been bothering me. Redhat 7 came out saying it was "Kernel 2.4 compatible". What exactly does that mean? Do you need newere versions of software to install the new kernel? Does it use a different filesystem structure? Is there somewhere where I can find out what it requires to run? What do I need to change to get the 2.4.2 kernel working? I am compiling it now and the only error I have is for PCMCIA wich I forgot to turn off ( reconfigured and recompiling now ). Any pointers? sim Andy Zbikowski wrote: > > I have installed Trustix 1.2 on my machine and was wondering if anyone > > has ever tried to install Xwindows on this distro? I know it isn't > > built for a GUI but I thought it would be cool to try. Anyone ever > > tried this? > > Never even hear of them until this post. Will it work? Probally. Seems to be > an RPM based distro so you might be able to go that route. Or, your if > you're feeling brave and have lots of hard drive, build from source. This is > possibly the perfered method if you don't have X prepackaged. Lastly you > could download the pre-compiled binaries from xfree86.org.