Hi, I just got my new ThinkPad, and it easily lives up to the high praise you folks gave it. I spent the morning getting it up and running, and it was a relatively painless process. The results of my labours are now posted at the ThinkWiki: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Debian_Etch_on_a_ThinkPad_R60 It's obviously not written by a guru, but perhaps it will be helpful to other new users. Feel free to add to or correct anything there. Thanks all! Tyler