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First of all, I would NOT turn that on without a heatsink and fan. The heatsink and fan only goes on the processor one way. It'll become apparent which way, one side on the heatsink should have a ridge on it so it can fit over the socket. If you have some thermal paste or tape, I would put a pea size drop on the socket before putting on the heatsink. If you don't have any, if the bottom of the heatsink is sticky (or the top of the processor), you'll probably be fine. That's some old paste on there. Place the heatsink on top of the processor, so it is oriented so the heat sink lines up with the socket. There should be a clip on the heatsink that will lock it in place. Make sure that sucker is secure, but don't crust the processor! You might need to use a screwdriver to carefully close the clip. Plug the fan into the motherboard, there should be a 3 pin plug on your motherboard next to the processor. Plug the fan into the plug. If all goes well, your heatsink should be attached and your fan should start running when you turn on the computer. Be careful, you don't want to break anything! Your computer is sensitive!

Linux is not for the faint of heart. If you don't understand the bulk of what I'm saying, you might want to either ditch linux (and go back to windows), or forget setting up networking, for now. If you just need clarification, just ask!

Press the print screen button, and paste the result into paint or some graphics program.

I would try using ndiswrapper if there are no linux drivers for your network card (which is most likely the case). I haven't used Ubantu specifically, but I do run Debian on a few machines, so there may be subtle differences. If you compile your own kernel from source, download the ndiswrapper-source package (apt-get install ndiswrapper-source) and then use make-kpkg in the kernel source directory (ex: make-kpkg --append-to-version --revision 1 modules_image) If you use a stock kernel, you're going to have to install the pre-compiled package specific to the stock kernel. I would search the .deb packages on Ubantu's website for it, and then install the package (ex: apt-get install ndiswrapper-modules-xxx) You will also need the utilities package (ex: apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils) no matter which method you choose. Then use ndiswrapper to install the .inf file (ex: ndiswrapper -i .inf) and then automate it (ndiswrapper -m) Run dhcpcd and you should be online if you correctly installed it. (dhcpcd wlan0) I know this works with Debian, so it "should" work the same way in Ubantu.

Maybe try Eclipse. I hear good things about it, a lot of people in my Computer Science class rave about it. http://www.eclipse.org/

What is the compiling error? Paste the error you recieved here. I can't help you without the error message. (You should paste the last 10 lines or so).

What is the make and model of your wireless card on the linux machine? If your wireless card does not have drivers, you might want to try ndiswrapper (http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/). It works great, I've used it many times on my linux machines without problems.

Make sure you have a CPU fan (and thermal paste if your CPU doesn't come assembled), enough IDE cables to hook up your CD drive, DVD burner, and Hard Drive. You might NOT want to buy a new floppy drive, unless you think you'll use it. Most new motherboards don't require a floppy drive anymore. (maybe buy a USB flash drive?) You might not need to buy a USB card, since most motherboards come with 4 or more USB 2 ports, so you can save a PCI slot and some cash. Don't skimp on your power supply. Make sure it can supply enough power to your components. Usually the higher the wattage, the better. (you wouldn't want your computer screwing up because your video card drew too much power!) Also, you can buy a your power supply pre installed in your case.

upload a 1gb file and tell people to download it. see how long til you get kicked off for "resource hogging". Belive me its a marketing ploy. There will always be a finite amount of anything. Agreed, I've had nothing but trouble when dealing with "unlimited" hosts. Nothing is unlimited.

Although this is not from experience, I hear they are pretty good machines. They are the biggest vendor of laptops in the UK right now. I am actually looking into getting an Acer laptop when I leave for college this year. Does anybody have experience with Acer? This would help me, as well.

You need a 50$ modchip (for a decent Xenium at least) for the xbox last I heard 8) That's still $50 cheaper Not really. http://www.xbox-linux.org/Software_Method_HOWTO Linux was available on Xbox before they had mod chips for running Linux. It does require MechAssult, however.

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Buy a GameCube for $100 USD and run Linux on it (http://www.gc-linux.org/). Although it's experimental right now, and *barely* runs. For $150 USD you can buy an Xbox and run Linux (http://www.xbox-linux.org/). That's actually stable and usable, however, I've never tried it. I don't feel the need to run Linux on an Xbox, when I can just run it on my home desktop (that's what I'm using as we speak). I don't think you can get much cheaper than that.