Jeremy, I tested 2.3.3-rc5 with 1.5.3apple6 and 2.3.3 with apple42 - no problem with the Wacom tablet, no crazy CPU!! both installations work fine on my system. No problem with KDE so far :-) I mainly use Kmail :-) good luck for your theses! take care christof -- public key www.hfph.mwn.de/~chwolf/chwolf.asc Please respect my privacy and do not make my contact information available to third parties.