According to his blog, it seems Joi Ito has been playing with Ubuntu on a T42 laptop and his first impression seems positive: http://joi.ito.com/archives/2005/07/31/t42_with_ubuntu.html In case you don't know who Joi Ito is, his wiki contains his very lengthy CV: http://joiwiki.ito.com/static/index.cgi?joi_ito_s_cv -- Daniel Robitaille