If I were you I def. would have gotten Fedora Core 6 over the new Ubuntu.
In case you decide to switch you\'ve got free tech support for life
... but a lot of things are distro-specific so I\'m not really sure what you got on there already.
Here\'s a few basic tips:
- Ubuntu uses apt-get right? Learn what this is ASAP and use it.
- Get all the "bad" "other" "extras" extensions for your media players.
- Make a seperate and smaller partition to put your linux system files on. Like 20gb should be good. Partition the rest whatever you got into ext2. This is for when you inevitably start to experiment with other distros... (just wipe the 20gb over and over again is easier)
For real though Ubuntu is trendy, in that nerdy way, but its not the best. It was the best last year. Now Fedora is better again if you want an RPM-based distrobution.