Notebook, Laptops, Netbooks are all various incarnations of the same thing = portable computers. They are not built for any particular operating system although they are offered for sale with one operating system or another. Dual monitor connections depend on the graphics card and portable computers generally do not have the space to accommodate that. I have installed eeebuntu on two netbooks with full functionality out of the box. If you want to install the "standard" version of Ubuntu you will have to do some extra configuring. Since this has all been done before there are plenty of HowTos available as a guide. Andre <div class="gmail_quote">2009/3/18 David Ryder <<a href="mailto:davaweb@bigpond.net.au">davaweb@bigpond.net.au</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, I'm after a notebooks which I will only put Ubuntu (8+) on. I want the internet camera and mic built in (Ekiga, Skype). I went to JB Hi-Fi and Powerhouse yesterday. To my amazement, I was told that all notebooks will take linux perfectly (as in "no problems") and one said he uses Ubuntu on 'several' without a problem - though he needed his brother-in-law to install it. Neither would accept my offer of "I will buy it if you guarantee my money back if it does not work with Ubuntu (8.04). They would not as they then said "They were made to work with Windows XP/Vista". My second question was, do any have dual monitor outputs? No. OK, it was a like-to-have, not a necessity. So, I ask the list, is it true that all notebooks will work with Ubuntu 8.04 (+?) including the camera, mic, Skype for Ubuntu, Ekiga, ethernet adapter to my router, Seagate FreeAgent 500 usb drive, wi-fi internet?? Apologies for asking but I was under the impression notebooks were not so simple? David -- ubuntu-au mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a> </blockquote></div>