This all comes out of figuring out how I might run Evolution like I run Eudora. I see where Evolution places its data in a hidden directory: ~/.evolution Now why it is felt necessary to put all of this stuff in hidden directories is beyond me. So it would seem that Evolution is treating each useid as a personality for the logged in user. Given the way Evolution organizes its data, I could create some more Linux users, and either: Give my main user file permissions to them and somehow run copies of Evolution using those /home/user directories. Anyone know how to do that? Or do I somehow have to have multiple simultaneous logins? And switch between them? I know there is a way to have 4 desktops....