Thanks for all the input. I have downloaded 9.10 and burned to a cd. I
will install it today after I look up again how to establish the
separate home partition so if I do an upgrade she want lose any files.

I've spent two days trying to debug her Vista and it is running better
but still slow. The hold has been finding a way to run her vinyl plotter
from Ubuntu. I found some websites saying it is possible just have to
spend the time to understand what they did.

Thanks again. This is a great group, and I don't understand why more
people have not swapped to Ubuntu.