Me picking out another Linux distribution yesterday was a blind lashing out aginst a pig-headed operating system: completely the wrong way to handle the problem. Today I spent several hours Googling my way around the web on the iBook, taking notes and then exploring the innards of my own computer; I learned a lot about serial ports and modems, mostly because Linux lets you play with the fundamental bits and pieces of itself. I still didn't get the darn modem working but I feel like I'm a few steps closer.