Over the past few years I've tried TurboLinux (long time ago), several Rad Hats, a couple of Mandrakes, and over the last couple of years, I've used Suse 8, 9, and now 10. I like Suse a lot, and have had more success getting things working the way I like than I experienced previously. A couple of weeks ago, a client asked me to install Knoppix on an old Thinkpad for his 13 year-old daughter. The Thinkpad was a P2-400, with 64Mb RAM, and seemed to be surprisingly responsive with Knoppix (v3.9). I installed a full GUI, and the machine seemed comparable to my Pentium 4 laptop with 512Mb, running Suse 10. Prior to the Knoppix install, I'd only ever used RPM distros, and only ever used Knoppix booting from CD. Is Knoppix's speed due to it's Debian-ness? Is it using a different, lighter desktop mgr (ie, not Gnome or KDE) ? -- Steve