Happy Holidays Everyone! I'm looking into purchasing a netbook in the next few days, and I'd appreciate your advice with regards to hardware compatibility with the latest Ubuntu 9.10. The netbook I'm looking at is... Lenovo IdeaPad S12 (29595BU) <a href="http://www.govconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=10658455">http://www.govconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=10658455</a> Tech Specs for the S Series - <a href="http://shop.lenovo.com/ISS_Static/WW/AG/merchandising/US/PDFs/sseries_techspecs_111709.pdf">http://shop.lenovo.com/ISS_Static/WW/AG/merchandising/US/PDFs/sseries_techspecs_111709.pdf</a> Processor = 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 Memory = 2GB DDR2 SDRAM Disk = 160GB 5400 rpm SATA Chipset = Mobile Intel 945GSE Express Video = Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, Max Resolution = 1280 x 800 Ethernet = 10/100 Broadcom BCM5784M Wireless = 11b/g Broadcom BCM4312 I've done some research using the following sites... <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCards">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCards</a> <a href="http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/video">http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/video</a> As best I can tell, it seems like this system should work well with Ubuntu 9.10. Can anyone confirm that based on the hardware listed, or perhaps with direct experience with this family of netbooks? I recall Broadcom wireless cards being a pain to deal with in the past (I used to have a Dell Inspiron), but from what I read there are now Broadcom drivers. It's my understanding that they aren't "free" and are partially proprietary, but I'm okay with that as long as they work without trouble. Will wireless work for this laptop, assuming I initially plug it into a wired connection to download the propriety drivers through the Hardware Driver program on the Administration menu? I have WPA2 at home, and my office uses WPA Enterprise. Will the video display work to the full extent of its capabilities (1280x800), or will it only run at a lower resolution? I had problems with my old Inspiron where it would only work at very low resolutions. I'd really appreciate any and all advice! I'm hoping to get a netbook running Ubuntu 9.10 without any trouble, and then installing Windows 7 via VirtualBox so I can connect to things at my office. Thanks so much for your advice, and have a great holiday! Ben