Someone asked about R on the EEE PC. That was the second thing I installed when I received mine (the first being the full KDE desktop). I don't recall any issues with the installation. I used the standard debian package (the native linux on the EEE is Xandros, a derivation of debian). The caveat being that since Xandros isn't *exactly* debian, there might be some issues, but I haven't run into any yet. Note that I haven't tried anything particularly taxing, so take this with a grain of salt. R seems to run fine, the only problem I've encountered so far has been that since the screen size is 800x480, plots are longer than the window, so you only see part of them. I haven't tried changing the default plot size (I assume that can be done). It does get warm to the touch quickly, but nothing I found unbearable. I can't report on battery life, since I haven't really put it through its paces yet -- maybe I'll report again after Christmas at the inlaws ... ;) - Paul Bennett Software Engineer Vudu, Inc paul.bennett at vudu.com