http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/nseries_nb?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd& It seems to be only available in US and might be a little bit cheaper than Ubuntu based Dell. Here in Singapore, it seems only Acer and Lenovo offers Linux based notebook on some low end systems (sub US$600). Dell Ubuntu Notebook seems to be available in US and Europe. http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs http://www.ubuntu.com/dell But FreeDOS by itself is almost useless and they actually do not install it. And now under Linux, I do not need to use Dosemu/FreeDOS since DOSbox runs better (I can even install Windows 3.1 under FreeDOS). Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist