Lots of changes recently. Upgraded to gnome 2.20.1, which is a fairly smooth process now I understand the build system and can fix build errors.

I'm also trying to upgrade to OpenOffice 2.3 which is much harder. I.e. in the unbuildable category.

Upgraded to TeX live 2007, but in the process lost the ability to use the PDF built-in fonts, which simply look best and create very small PDF files. And no one knows how to get it back, argghh. When TeX even for its most ardent fans becomes to hard to use, it really will move to a very small segment of the market place.