I quit

[Don Tyson]

> I have spent at least two weeks of my free time downloading 5.3 and trying to
>  get it to work.  After figuring out 

There are a couple of other possibilities, too. One is to try 4.10,
which still has the old X11 configuration tools, and does not load Xorg.

The other is xandros linux --- www.xandros.com. Smooth install,
elegant desktop (OK, it's still KDE, but slimmed down).

Don