God help me! I'm gonna take the plunge.... IBM Thinkpad T30... 1. Getting an 80g hard drive 2. Getting (if it works) an 1g SODIMM a. Suffers from T30 dead sodim slot problem... Plans... 1. Dual boot XP Pro AND VL version??? (Would like it to be 6.0) 2. Get the ordered gps receiver to work w/ Linux GPSdrive package. a. Probably OpenStreetMap http://www.openstreetmap.org/ 3. Get really insane and run XP Pro INSIDE VL via vmware or similar? a. Or dual boot from XP to VL... **OR** Straight Slackware.... Encryption... I can install truecrypt on XP Pro AND VL! a. Shared fat32 partition w/ a truecrypt partition... This will be a slow process but interesting to say the least... Goose ** This list is PUBLICLY archived. ** PLEASE don't post personal or sensitive information unless you wish for it to be in the public domain. To post to the list send email to frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx The archive is available at //www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/ You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the list website at //www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana