My son is an IT specialist who is a big Linux user. He ran Gentoo and Ubuntu on
his Toshiba laptop but vowed that he would never buy another Toshiba after
owning one. However, Toshiba is an OEM that supports Linux, so it leaves me
torn. I can understand my son's frustration, but I don't want to see a
manufacturer that supports Linux given a pass in broad terms. BTW, he now owns
an ASUS (not eeePC) and loves it.

I saw this recently and hope it helps:
www.pcmech.com/.../