Well the lowdown is that I want to get rid of windows xp pro. I am sick of all the problems that arise with it, and the fact that they fix it by restricting what we can do on our own os. Especially SP2. You need SP2 to be more secure but they restrict you from doing many things. Especially sending information through raw sockets. So I want to switch to linux. Here is where I think I might hit a problem. My laptop was designed for Window XP it even has a sticker on it that says so. It is a Toshiba Satellite A75-S206. It is running a P4 and a ATI mobility Radeon 9000 gcard. It has some weird sound card I think Realtek. And of course its touchpad and a few other things. Will it at all be possible to even get linux drivers for this laptops hardware.

Here are the detail specs for the laptop A75-S206