kubuntu is frustratingly slow on this thing. Even running from CD, DSL is faster.
I haven't been able to get my wg111t USB Wireless Adapter to work. It "just worked" in Mandriva without any tweaking, just straight forward install.
Searching the net, it seems a lot of people have had this problem with debian-branch distros. There is some confusion on what version of ndiswrapper-utils should be installed, and of course manual compiles seem to work better, but I'm thinking that the ancient USB chipset in this box may be the culprit. Unplugging the dongle after loading ndiswrapper causes the system to lock up.
There is no sign of a sound system being detected; even lspci doesn't show anything. Sure wish I'd copied the configuration from the Mandrake 9.1 install! That eliminates use as a garage jukebox.
Given that I can buy a brand-new laptop from Micro Center for less than $500, there's only a certain amount of head banging that's worth doing for a laptop with no battery.