On a non-technical note : If we value freedom, then choosing which OS to run is also a "freedom" that we should value. Thus, we cannot force users to choose linux over any other OS (all the BSDs are pretty heavily used too) From a technical point of view : I really see no reason why konqueror would become faster if its in the kernel! Besides, konqueror is just a shell. In reality, all the stuff konqueror does is via plugins. Which means that to add konqueror to kernel means adding Qt, and most of KDE to the kernel. Instead, you can think of your new_kernel = current_real_kernel+Qt+KDE :) Which means that you already have konqueror in the kernerl itself! Sarang -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sarang Lakare mailto:sarang@users#sourceforge.net web:http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~lsarang/linux !!Join the fight for freedom - Go GNU/Linux!! >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<