"Deryk" == Deryk Barker <dbarker@turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca> writes: Deryk> I wonder about some of these defaults: do the majority of Deryk> debian users a) not have an Intel machine and/or b) not Deryk> have a parallel port printer? Well, the default kernel comes with lp built as a module. At least 2.4.18-k7 does. Debian seems to have a policy of not assuming or auto-detecting hardware. I kind of like it that way. Cheers! Shyamal