This is a thread that was around a while ago. Anyway, I have just put Vector Linux SOHO on the old laptop (Compaq Armada) using IceWM. It is *very* quick. The machine is only used for email (Sylpheed) so I don't know how complete the software is. But it hums! -- ------------------------------------------------------ Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug