I completed the istallation of 7.10 before I read your post but it
went VERY smoothly :), compared to installing *expletive* windows
Ubuntu is a walk in the park for a novice anyway.
So far I have only attempted some harmless surfing and email and I'm
delighted to report my dial up internet speed is FASTER, WOOHOO :)
than it would be on my Cel500 and Win2000.
Despite having only 256mb memory my system seems to be working fine,
so far........
I half expected Ubuntu to demand a truckload of updates the first time
I got online but it didn't.
During installation it wanted to install security updates but could
not as my dial up modem was not configured at that point so it said
that could be dealt with later.........