Thanks to everybody who replied offering advice on installing Ubuntu on the Acer.
I'll have a go over the weekend and if I encounter ant insurmountable (for me) problems you'll probably hear about them here! Cheers, Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. (Still using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Linux only machine.) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/