What works Tested on Mandrake 9.0beta4 Graphic Adapter Works well with Thomas Winischhofer driver (built-in Mandrake 9.0. TV out seems to work in PAL only. This needs to be confirmed. Sound Sound output works fine with snd-intel8x0 module Full duplex needs to be confirmed. Alsa needs to be confirmed. Ethernet Works fine with SIS900 module. Module may need to be reloaded if one plays too much with the Ethernet cable. USB No problem to connect scanner, webcam etc. FireWire Recognized by system. Needs to be confirmed. IDE DMA mode works fine. Modem Works fine with PCTel drivers to send faxes and connect to PPP. Not tested The parallel port was not tested, nor the PS/2 port Does not work yet We could not get the IRDA port to work. We could not get the battery indicator to work (the BIOS seems to be ACPI only). References "Thomas Winischhofer":http://www.webit.at/~twinny/linuxsis630.shtml web site is the best reference for the SIS chipsets and Linux. "Winmodem":http://www.modem-help.freeserve.co.uk/help/links.html#sl provides information Winmodems "Plasma Online":http://www.plasma-online.de/ provides a chipset classification "PCTel Linux Drivers":http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/ provides unofficial drivers for a variety of AMR winmodems. Mitac pre-installed with Linux in Europe "Storever":http://www.storever.com sells Notebooks, 1U racks and "OpenBrick":http://www.openbrick.org systems