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sorry, should be in Distributions forum

You could have just reported this to a moderator, saying "please move this to <whatever forum you think this belongs in--distributions, it seems>".

Also, since you didn't do that, it would have been nice of you to provide a link to your original post.

Thirdly, this topic has been discussed (IMO) quite thoroughly before, so searching the forums ought to have turned up something useful (at least say "I searched the forum, nothing useful")--and I suggest you read 'Smart Questions' by ESR (www.google.com).

hth --Jonas