dolphin is a rather nice file browser. the impression that i get from here http://dolphin.kde.org/ is that one is to install kdebase4. done. so where is dolphin? jayeola at jmac.local ~ > which dolphin jayeola at jmac.local ~ > whereis dolphin -- /sys/john Systems and Applications Engineer MSc. (DIC) BSc. (Hons) 07739 171 531