> nope. its actually quite a major pain to manage.. > > you forgot to mention what you installed, how you did it and what you > expected V/s achieved I have installed all the packages from the two x86_64 DVDs with (eventually): yum install --exclude=ovirt\* \* I'm not using any internet-based repos for now, because of limited bandwidth at home. I haven't touched 6.x before 6.2 and just thought it would be as in 5.x (biarch wise). With 6.2 everything on my X301 semms to be working much better or at least as good as in 5.7. I will slowly, carefully, and thankfully play with your Christmas present in the next two weeks. :) -Michael