Ok, so I finally got Ubuntu to install....of course I had to download the alternate ISO CD instead of using the live desktop CD I already had.

So once it was installed, everything looked ok. Now...I knew I was going to have problems with the wifi card, simply because it was *nix and I don't know squat. So I tried setting it up, and the computer locked up with blinking caps log and scroll key light blinking (which apparently is a kernel panic).

Reboot the computer, and 3 bars into startup it does the same thing. Eject the pcmcia card and it'll boot just fine, just don't try to use it or you'll be locked up.

So I found some steps to fix the issue, and followed them. They worked just fine actually, but it still locks up on boot. So if you want to boot the computer, you have to back out the pcmcia card....get to the desktop ....and then push it back in. I really didn't expect such an issue for a mainstream card like this (linksys wpc11 v4).

That's not the real issue though, the real issue is the screen. So Ubuntu already had the right drivers and resolution set (NeoMagic MagicGraph 256) but firefox looked and performed poorly compared to XP on the same computer. I mean, that doesn't make sense....I can't sell this as a windows replacment if the thing can't even scroll right. It wasn't smooth at all, it was horribly jerky. I run Gnome 2.0 on my sparq ultra 5 and it runs better than that this almost.

So there we have it....I can make Windows XP run better than Ubuntu on an 400Mhz 192mb ram computer. Of course I've disabled so much stuff on it, basically you'd just have to look at it hard to hack it