Listmates, I'm really impressed with Arch! After a little teething to get kde up and running, it was time to install compiz-fusion. Before the install, I copied my compiz config from my opensuse install and my emerald themes by copying ~/.config and ~/.emerald to my home directory in the Arch install. Then I proceeded with: pacman -Sy compiz-fusion-kde With a little trepidation, I then selected fusion-icon from the system menu and... Compiz-fusion started with all my setting and my emerald theme without a hicup. Fantastic!! Kudos and Great Job to whoever is building and maintaining the compiz fusion packages. Now I really have a cool archlinux desktop! A quick: ksnapshot # desktop saved as archlinux1.png # pms imagemagick imagemagick-doc # convert archlinux1.png -resize 800 archlinux1-800.png # convert archlinux1-800.png archlinux1-800.jpg # rsync archlinux1-800.jpg nirvana:/srv/www/download/screenshots/archlinux and you have your screenshot: http://nirvana.3111skyline.com/download/screenshots/archlinux/archlinux1-800... Thank you to all who have help me stumble through getting to this point. All in all, setup has been a breeze on Arch (the fumbling around getting kde going aside). Looks like a great distro, and so far everything I use has been available. I haven't gotten to the compilers yet, but I bet they are all there. I still have a bit of cleanup and loading of packages to do, but I bet in a few days when you look at www.3111skyline.com, it will be running on archlinux;-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339