FYI: Hardware modems are always better but I got the cheap winmodem that GN sells (~$10) and it (or the chipset anyway) has a downloadable Linux driver. It's not zippy but it wasn't hard to install and it's pretty dependable. Brady > Re the machine - I called General Nanosystems and talked to one of their > techies who was very helpful on the hardware compatibility issue. As far > as I can tell, provided I go with a hardware modem (he recommended US > Robotics) and not a winmodem I should be okay with installing Linux on a > system they build for me. (My last two PCs were from General Nanosystems > and I like them a lot.) _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list