ScottRD - This seems more about getting XTerm to default to BASH rather than getting it installed. I don't even have a /usr/bin/bash so I don't see that working. There's a bash package, probably only visible in red pill mode, but it won't install due to conflict, apparently with, thats right, bash. I'm a little confused.

Linc - If I manage to get the shell working i'll definitely try it and let you know. Right now i'm pretty much hitting a brick wall before I even get to BP though.

iball - Video Center is an interesting application but, won't it ignore non-video files, which is what i'm mosting subscribing to feeds of? Also, i'm not actually seeing any obvious way to spoon-feed it RSS feeds. Care to elaborate?

Thanks all.