One more to consider. SimplyMEPIS 6.0beta2 Release is based on Ubuntu. Beta2 provides an updated 2.6.15.6 kernel based on Ubuntu kernel version 2.6.15-22.33. http://www.mepis.org/node/9802 Mepis is staying with the KDE desktop. Have tried Kubuntu 6.06 also. I seem to like Mepis better. Jerry