Hi all, Chris, suggest that you may want to go to: http://www.tldp.org There you will find tons of documentation about Linux. The answer to your question about creating a schitzophrenic laptop is yes. As for what distro, that's as subjective as there are linuxers in the world. Everyone you ask will tell you that they like a different distro and why! Sometimes folks can become quite belligerant about it all. Me, I use Debian. It works for me. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT
