Quote Originally Posted by fourtrackmind
Unlike windows, once I get bored enough here in prepackaged-land......I can go as deep as I want.
You could always tackle Gentoo, Slackware, or FreeBSD, which, as far as I can figure, require you to be intimately aware of the architecture of your hardware down to the quantum level. As for me, I'm hooked on the hardware detection of Knoppix, which I have installed on my HD now. I can't tell you why, but no other distro has EVER corrected guessed the make model and v&h sync of my cheapo off-brand 21" crt monitor.

If you decide to install Knoppix, I suggest that you give these post install clean-up scripts a look.

http://www.kano.mipooh.net/