I agree that Novell it easy to setup: setup and install the server, setup a user account, go the the client pc and load the Novell client, reboot then search the tree, the context, the server and then login.

I had such a hard time trying to get SAMBA up with Redhat9 (the hard part was trying to access it from a Windows PC) and I got my Novell 5.1 server setup and accessable in no time.

Linux is great though and I think it will have a big future if it keeps advancing like it has and becomes more user friendly.