Is what you're really after is an environment pre-loaded with useful tools for various types of librarians? If so, maybe instead of rolling your own distro (and all the work and headache that involves, like a second full-time job) maybe create software bundles for linux? Have a website where you have lists of software by librarian type. Then make it easy for linux users to install them (repo's and what not) ((I haven't been active in linux for a while)) Just thinking out loud. -- Brad Coffield, MLIS Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University 814-472-3315 [log in to unmask]