[ltp] Ubuntu Linux

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

Hi all, long time listener, first time caller.

I've been running Fedora Core 2 for a while, dual-booting with WinXP - 
decided last night that it was time for the XP partition to go. It's been 
replaced with the shiny new Ubuntu Linux, which on first examination 
appears to be a bit of a winner. It's my first time using a Debian-based 
distro, but so far I like what I see. Synaptic package manager is an 
excellent tool, and as long as you're a Gnome fan (there's no KDE) the 
choice of packages from the single cd shouldn't disappoint.

I'm using an R40e Thinkpad, and I didn't seem to have half the dramas that 
I encountered when installing FC. For starters, it seems as though the 
Broadcom ethernet drivers are now in the kernel, as it picked eth0 up 
during install, grabbed DHCP, and has been running happily ever since 
without any effort on my part. It doesn't seem to have spotted the modem, 
however, although that's no great effort to resolve.

The only issue I have is that there is no kernel-source package on the cd, 
nor on the online repository. Is anyone else running this distro, and have 
any ideas as to whether it's available or not?

cheers,
ash.