Ubuntu installed with minor hitches, the wireless card wasn’t working at first but after downloading updates the driver was picked up automatically and now works like a charm.
Installed VirtualBox, and put a copy of XP inside it with a copy of Office. Now I can do my schoolwork from my laptop without needing to VNC to my Windows box. My online classes are weird and nothing works right in Firefox. I didn’t want to try and Wine a copy of IE either. Office 2003 wasn’t working last I tried, maybe it’s been fixed since 1.0? Either way, Office and IE are a must for my classes.
720p x264 files play beautifully. The quality is amazing. Downloaded a sample of Matrix Revolutions to make sure. Didn’t feel like wasting time on a 4 gig mkv to find out it would be choppy.
Just need an external HDD enclosure and I have to shuffle some data around, and I’ll be set. Probably getting one this weekend.
In other news, I’m working 10 hour shifts all next week. 6-4:30. Not really looking forward to it.