I have been using my Inspiron E1505 running Ubuntu Linux for a full week now, and it's been a pleasure. This notebook computer has a lot of little nice features that make it pleasant to work with. It is real quiet, the fan is barely noticeable, the screen fades out slowly when going into stand-by, a little bar pops up when you adjust the volume using the cool buttons at the front of the unit, etc. Here is how I got the unit to play DVD movies.