look under debian's list of vendors that preinstall http://www.debian.org/distrib/pre-installed#us try looking at smaller manufacturers as well. these people http://www.powernotebooks.com/index.php3 are known as having the absolute best customer service. they don't sell linux on their laptops, but they have a forum for people who put linux on them. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list