Mitch, the latest Firefox is already installed, with my usual security plugins. I still have to remember my StumbleUpon password to install that one tho...
I made three accounts...Root, me and my wife. I don't use email other than Yahoo email so have not used any email client since 2005.
I figure that making a separate root account is put on the first five pages of all Linux books for a reason, so I did it. That many more knowledgeable people CAN'T be wrong!
I did get my first error message yesterday but it disappeared too fast for me to really catch it...something about not enough hard drives for a RAID. WTF? The computer only has one 80 gig HD and always has. I didn't know I could have a RAID with just one... Or that Linux would even TRY!