bootable USBdrive + DBAN + loadlin/GRUB = a killstick ;)

http://dban.sourceforge.net/faq/

just boot with the parameter “autonuke” :D

I am using Ubuntu “Dapper Drake” for a while now and I am truly impressed how far the Linux community has pushed this. It’s nearly perfect.
Of course, some work is needed and one will actually have to read at least one website to get mp3 working (did I mention that patents and copyrights suck badly?)
But everything is usually resolved quickly after looking into the forums once.

What Ubuntu lacks at the moment is good hibernation support.
Software Suspend 2 is a project that gives Linux the ability to hibernate the PC just like in Windows XP. Problem is, you have to patch the kernel for it to work with Ubuntu. Beginners don’t like that. :P

Here’s a nice person that has written a nice howto and has provided custom (experimental) kernels to use with software suspend 2:
http://dagobah.ucc.asn.au/dapper-kernels/

Thank you very much!!!

P.S.: And to speed up the whole thing there is a neat script: faster-dapper