If you are looking for a cheap ass setup for digital video. Take a look see at getting a capture card from Hauppauge($50), which is linux compatible, also a sound card. Quicktime Pro($30), making its way into linux, Any graphics program(Adobe, Paint Shop, of course GIMP). I have a 266 AMD, with only 32 megs, 6.4 gig drive and running WIN98(Sorry, i have been dumbed by M$) It works fine. You aren't going to be putting out any Pixar pictures, but it is a cheap and good start. Build from there and learn. It doesn't take a large video program to produce good video just takes resource-fullness and creativity. I made a semi-multimedia cd for my friend's band. It's not Epic records, but it was done on this setup. Check it out a http://www.crashed.net/wot.