>>Hey Hugo,
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>>Yes I'm absolutely sure it was Ubuntu. After booting the CD I saw no such icon to install to the hard disk. Maybe I should check into a newer version? I don't remember what version I tried, but it was the one that was available at the time Tommy mentioned it (several months ago?).
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>>I remember having to go to a command window and typing something to try to get it onto the hard disk! And this was after having to read it in a forum on their web site. I couldn't find it anywhere in a readme or help file
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>The newer ones should either have an Install Icon on the LiveCD desktop, or should have an Install Option in the Boot Menu of the LiveCD. I don't remember, but it should be in one of the two places. The newest version is 7.04 Fiesty Fawn http://www.ubuntu.com/

Hey Tommy,

Thanks for the update. I actually took the time to download the latest ubuntu last week and saw that there is indeed an icon on the desktop to install to the hard disk. I haven't tried it though. I find that ubuntu is WAY SLOWER to boot up from CD than PCLinuxOS and I get the feeling its gonna behave the same way when booting from the hard disk.

As for PCLinuxOS's 3D stuff, if you think you have trouble running on an ATI Radeon, I've got a ancient ATI RagePro. Nothing happens when I try to do the 3D stuff. Its like PCLinuxOS is thinking, "wth is this thing?" then doesn't bother doing anything different. Oh yes, did I mention I'm running this on an overclocked Celeron 300a CPU with 256MB RAM and a 30GB hard disk. Don't laugh, apart from the 3D video (and molasses like OpenGL screen savers) its all good :)

Mike