New Lappy New Installs!

well my medion laptop (blanco) was dying. very dying. six months or so ago the computer stopped holding charge and it wouldn't work without being plugged in. ugh. it also wouldn't run without the battery plugged in so it's been plugged in on my coffee table since. not so great a feature for a laptop. well, within the last week it added the symptom of turning off randomly. bah. i can't imagine what would happen if i didnt have a working computer at home (note: i have a windows mce machine running my pvr.. but that doesn't count cause it is attached to my tv.. and i have a work laptop.. but that doesn't count cause i can't visit illicit sites with it.. and mau has a lapptop here.. but that doesnt count cause it's hers.. and there is my old lappy which is working.. but may stop at any time..) point being, i needed a new laptop.

so i bought MooMoo (the new lappy's name) today. It is a gateway mx6860 with a core 2 duo 5600, 1 gig RAM, 160 gig hard drive and all kinds of other lovin (including a free vista upgrade which i still have to figure out how to get). well i love MooMoo but have now become a linux addict (i use windows on blanco about once a month).. soooooo.. time to install Ubuntu on this beast! Fortunatly, i have all my old trials and tribulations (and solutions) on this blog (the original purpose of it)... so once again i'll start tracking all the issues i have and solutions i discover as i try and make this one a funcitoning Ubuntu Machine.