> For Linux newbie like me, GUIs like GNOME/KDE are easier to use. > As for Wine/DOSEMU, how to run MPLAB/MCC18 working under Wine? I doubt you'll get mplab working. mplab uses COM quite extensively, which is not very well support under wine. You might get mcc18 working (command line only!). Have you checked out gputils? http://gputils.sourceforge.net/ they work pretty well. Then you've got sdcc (small devices c compiler). The CVS snapshots have much better pic support than the latest releases. http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/ jon -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist