Re: [wlug] Any suggestions?

Yep, as soon as I posted it, I knew that comment would be greenie bait, which is why I'll never make a greenie.

Not so much a greenie thing as a cost thing. Leaving machines on 24/7 adds to the power bill, and a lot of oldies are on a pretty tight budget. I'd probably set up something with an external modem and 'always-up, retry on fail ppp' connection. When they want to use the net just turn the modem on and the connection can come up. Otherwise turn the modem off and it will leave the phone line free for normal use. Very simple. And if they just want to do the basic web/email/cardgames thing there's nothing wrong with a gnome desktop.