Xubuntu failed to boot after I installed it so I went with PC-BSD, which suffices. I think the owner might give the lappy to me (I really hope so, I've fallen in love with it's matte widescreen monitor). He has several other computers, including a Toshiba lappy, an iBook G3, an aluminum iMac. He also was (he told me) a previous owner of a IIgs and a Mac IIcx. The other lappy (the dell) is screwed up BIG time. It was dropped, so the screen sits at an odd angle, a screw is missing, so the screen (when latched) pulls the plastic up. It has a 3.25GB HD so it's destined to be a HD transplant donor.