Those of you old enough to remember my previous frustrations with Linux, take heart: I’m truly finding peace with the OS.
I just installed Lucid Lynx on a Compaq Presario 6000 that just wasn’t getting it done with Windows XP. It has close to a gig of RAM, but the AMD Athlon XP 1800+ was struggling to keep up with all the antivirus and other bloatware.
Most impressively, Unbuntu 10.04 recognized my D-Link wireless adapter DWA-542 (in answer to this question) right out of the box; no ndiswrapper or any such mumbo jumbo required.
And it looks pretty sharp.
