I've tried and failed to install Ubuntu so many times I've given up on it. The initial install would error out on me and I would go to the ubuntu forums and stump anyone and everyone in there with the error messages. Then I would get an error message that seemed to be common and see many others with the same problem. The only advice they gave was to try redownloading the image. I've got through stacks of disks rewriting the image, different computers, different writers, different software... finally gave up and installed xp professional.

A few of my friends are big ubuntu users and didn't have the same problems as me, not sure what the deal was. I was even trying it on two different computers.

I think if I go back to installing ubuntu, I'm just going to have them send me the install cds. That may help, but for now, I'm content with xp pro.