I'm a 'non-windows-admin' user and recently had to install Win7 and drivers on a thinkpad T60 for my sister as my usual CentOS/Ubuntu/Debian wasn't what she wan

I'm a 'non-windows-admin' user and recently had to install Win7 and drivers on a thinkpad T60 for my sister as my usual CentOS/Ubuntu/Debian wasn't what she wanted. Took me a bit of time and some googling. I think anyone that can reinstall Windows with drivers could manage a Debian install provided they check the wifi card (available firmware) and graphics drivers (not Optimus basically) first. Gnome 3.4 with Gnome Shell is perhaps a bit heavy for an Atom based netbook although I find it usable.