I’v found this Ubuntu 9.something... great for a newbie.. the learning curve isn’t too bad.
I have a GATEWAY laptop that had XP on it... and what I thought was a PROBLEM.. turned out to be SOP (meaning I wasn’t the only one)
knowing what I PAID for the Ubuntu..I’d have no problem trading it for something else... LOL
Burn puppy to a disc and boot from it. You’ll be surprised how little it is and how much it packs. You can leave unbuntu on your drive. With puppy, setting up my wireless was a snap.