Well, here I am, via Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04 installed on HDD. Not altogether plain-sailing, in that the first time I was asked for a keyring password it said I'd typo'd and everything froze so I had to reboot; and the second time, the keyring password request suddenly disappeared before I could type anything ?:|

I'm going to have a fiddle around now - must:

(1) disable touchpad
(2) reset shift key
(3)reset time to include DST
(4) declutter Firefox.