[whd23]

No matter which distro I use I’ve never been able to get Ubuntu to work on my machine, sigh.

I couldn't get 6.10 to install on my old, old machine and I'm a fairly savvy Linux guy. I ended up installing 6.06 (which installed fine) and then doing an in-place upgrade to 6.10.

Now that I've used it for a little bit, I have to say that it takes some getting used to. No root login, sudo for everything, is very different from the other distros I've worked with.

[the anti-liberal]

When you say "old, old machine," how old are we talking about? Mine is five yrs, and it was 6.10 that wouldn't install.

I don't particularly relish the idea of doing two installs, especially since I once lost everything simply by re-installing Litestep after not using it for awhile, which I've used on nearly every machine I've ever owned.

I think I just need to replace this thing anyway.

[Live free or die]

That sounds like it'll actually work. Any idea where I can find 6.06? I've been able to find a few hyperlinks to the iso but so far they're all closed.

thanks for the advice!!

[Live free or die]

Please disregard, I found it at the Ubuntu download page!

thanks again!