Here is what the power supply looks like on my Ubuntu rig. I borrowed this 200w proprietary PS from a Compaq, they engineered it to fit just perfect in their own box, and had really short motherboard power leads. The only way to get it to reach was to jam in it sideways, and hold it on with duct tape. So, if anyone would like to donate a 200watt or better power supply, I’d be glad to take it!

And for those of you not following every awesome step I’m taking on my way to Linux-ville, my Ubuntu is now running wine with these windows apps: Photoshop, Internet Explorer (yuck, sorry, but great instructions here) and Terminal Server Client (this is actually a linux app, but connects to windows machines). And, I’ve also managed to get some other fancy things to work, which I won’t mention here (just a hint, it starts with a V and rhymes with VPN, great instructions here).

Also, I’ve been very happy with openoffice instead of MS office, and have found plenty of happy utilities to get my work done. Using esvn to connect to my subversion repository, gFTP, Gaim, ssh (built into shell), gedit (looking for suggestions for good text editors, would like the equivalent of textpad (maybe I’ll just install it now that I can get windows stuff to run!).

I’ve also been able to boost my resolution by manually editing xorg.conf - took a couple tries and needed to remember how to use VI to get back in to my nice drag and drop world. Right now I’m limited by the capabilities of my 17″ monitor, currently running 1152×864@75hz, and can go up to 1280×1024, but only at 60hz. My friend will hopefully loan me his old 19″, and my 32M video card should be plenty capable of filling it up (maybe 1600×1200?).