The only distro I've tried on this particular machine has been Kanotix, which seemed to work really well on the LiveCD, but I had a heck of a time getting the Orinoco to work properly after I installed it to the local hard drive. At that time I was still using it as my main day to day laptop, and needed a stable machine so I went back to XP after a few days. I'll download the Ubuntu ISO when I get home and give it a shot. Would still be nice to get an experienced hand on it tho. Thanks eric _____ From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Joshua Zeidner Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 8:10 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Phoenix Linux Users Group Installfest - Saturday, September 30,2006, University of Advancing Technology Eric, Thinkpads( and most IBM hardware ) work very well with most Linux distros( RedHat or Ubuntu should not be much more effort than inserting CD and following instructions ). I recommend Ubuntu. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/ThinkpadR40-2681 -jmz