"Well, I must say having an OS choice other than Micro$loth seems really cool, like I'm not trapped by the system! I'm glad I've installed RedHat on this old box I had layin around. This should be fun!  I'll come back in five minutes and continue my foray into Linux..."

<5 minutes pass>

"Ahh, ready to go again...just wiggle the mouse to get the screensaver off..."

<mouse pointer wiggles like a dying bug>

"oh, I must have to click the keyboard."

<click, click...CLICK!CLICK!CLICK!>

"What the #%^@? OK, I'll just reboot by pressing the ever handy Reset button."

<Reboot starts. Spiels of text flow past until...>

"Hey, what does this mean "Corrupt XF86Config; Initialization Failure"? Oh, I'll just go in to the command prompt and fix this there."

<click click,click>

"Uh, nothings wrong with this config...it hasn't changed a bit! I'll just call a old friend. He'll help."

<beep, beep, beep,beep,beep,beep,beep....ring,ring>

"Uh, hullo?"

"Hey Lloyd, it's Scott. Remember me?"

"Uh, no."

"OK, well I have this problem with my Linux XF86Config. I think the system just hosed up for no apparent reason."

<chuckle, chuckle>

"Hey what're ya chucklin at Lloyd? Find something funny on the web?"

<silence>

"So, Scott have you tried to edit the config file?"

"Yeah, it seems fine."

"OK. Have you reinstalled the drivers through the config util?"

"Uh, what?!?! I have to reinstall the friggin drivers??!?!?!"

<sigh>

"Have you tried editing the timings for the Horiz. and Sync modes?"

"Uh, I have no idea how to read that stuff, it's like in PigLatin binary or something!"

<oy, vey!>

"OK, Scott what you need to do is go to Borders and buy a book."

"Oh, is there some book that's good for troubleshooting this kinda problem?

"Yeah, it's called Computers For Dummies."

<Click....brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr>

"Uh Lloyd, I think we got disconnected...."

Needless to say I have not ventured back into the RedHat zone even though I have decent Unix skills. And I'm still trapped by the system. Oh, Neo when will you come rescue us?