<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Since BSD is out, I am going to assume you want to stay with Linux and probably a Ubuntu variant, so try the version for net books. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download-netbook">http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download-netbook</a>. If the flavor doesn't matter as much, Puppy usually works well on limited resource machines. It has an install option on the Live CD desktop. DSL (Damn Small Linux) is another fairly fully featured option. It has an install as well. Frank Dolinar wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4B60DEAF.6020308@comcast.net" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> Karl,     To clarify, although the splash screen is never displayed, in all cases of trying some version of Ubuntu the machine goes directly to booting the LiveCD and, therefore, does not show me an option for installation of the operating system. </blockquote> </body> </html>