"Big Al" wrote

| I do say that the Photoshop CS2 I've used works better than GIMP, but
| for what I need, GIMP does my work for me, and in Linux. I need a few
| layers, some gradient effects, a few filters and I'm happy. I'm easy to
| please.
|

That's interesting. I don't know that I've ever heard
of anyone who actually prefers GIMP to any other free
option. (One can even get PSP5 free now. I paid $100
for it originally.) And you don't mind the floating toolbars?
Last I saw it was possible to sort of make them sit still,
but there still wasn't a parent window to contain it all.