As for the Paul fools, consider the source. I mean tossing around the term racist while supporting a guy who gets funds from White Supremacist, I mean who can make this $hit up?
I'm not a Linux freak; far from it. I only started with it a couple months ago. I backed up the recovery files that came with my laptop on a small fat32 partition, then changed it to an extended partition with a separate swap partition for Ubuntu. 7.04 runs great but then I tried 7.10. Windows XP loads to desktop in 1.75 minutes. Ubuntu 7.10 takes 2.75 minutes! Ubuntu 7.04 takes less than a minute. So, I'm back to that.
The problem with a Synoptics touchpad is that while typing, the cursor can jump around all over the place if the touchpad is operable. It can be disabled, but first you have to install a small application, and that application can't run unless a file is edited, adding a command to the touchpad section. And to edit that file you have to run 'Terminal' and do 'Sudo' commands. It's like having to use a DOS window in Windows to edit files. They require that for security purposes, but it's a real bummer.
Anyway, I made the change and I'm typing this from Ubuntu. It works!