Blossom looks like the same laptop from the outside, but she now has a new engine under the hood - Ubuntu has been installed, tweaked and dressed to my satisfaction. Updates are halfway done downloading, Firefox (Ubuntu's default browser) has it's add-ons installed, and life is gooooood!
Blossom is faster, lighter, and more nimble - and best of all, I'm finally getting out of the Microsoft prison.
Actually, the time stamp from my last post and this one are misleading - it really hasn't taken that long to install and adjust Ubuntu; I just played around a lot *grinz*
But it's Hasta la vista, baby! to Microsoft... Woohoo!