Another two laptops tested with the live distro... Dell Inspiron 15 (my main laptops) Freezes with a cross on the screen as the DoxBox opens, Sony Vaio SVE151E11M Works with sound... only think that doesn't work was ... 4.Strife Hope this helps. If not then I wouldn't be upset if you delete the …

Have you looked at puppy Linux? This is a very small and compact distro that has quite good compatibility.... with a lot of systems, I use it quite a lot and there's already an early build of DoxBox available

Downloaded this morning and tested on 2 laptops. ASUS X55A - doesn't start DOSBox - stops with a cursor before the xWin opening Samsung 305v - starts and runs all applications including network (NO SOUND) cannot exit browser I hope this helps.... Andy