Dell was Re: Newbie

[Steve Bell]

I know we were talking desktops there, but FWIW, I've had reasonable 
success with two different Dell laptops, an high spec, and a low end 
one.  Booted with knoppix, sound worked, network straight up, and on the 
internet, blah-de-blah.  Couldn't give ya any technical details tho ;-)

Isn't it just the motherboard power connector that's non-standard in 
those desktops?