How I loaded up my new Gutsy Gibbon box...

For those of you that don't know, Gutsy Gibbon is the name for Ubuntu's latest, non-beta release of their distribution of Linux. The following is a work in progress and I will be modifying this post in the coming days...

Hardware...
I treated myself on this one. The only thing that I reused was the case from my old machine.

• Mobo: ASUS P5N-E
  
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz (Kentsfield)
• Cooling: Rosewill RCX-Z4
  
• Memory: 2 x 2GB DDR2 (PC2 6400)
  
• Video Card: EVGA GeForce 9600GT 512MB
• HDD: 2 x 320GB SATA2 (Mirrored by Mobo)
• Optical: LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner
• Power: Antec Neopower 550W
  
• Monitor: 2 x Acer 22"AL2215WBD Widescreen LCD with HDCP
• Input: Microsoft Wireless Ergonomic Natural Desktop 7000
  

OS and Software Configuration...

• Workstation Install of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, using most of HDD
• Install of Windows XP Professional to remainder of HDD
  
• VMware Server
• Google Firefox Extensions
• Running Your XP Partition Directly in Ubuntu Using VMware
• Automatically mounting SMB shares
• VMWare server using HD partitions
• Use your existing Windows Installation & Apps in Ubuntu
• VMware running native XP on SATA disk | part 2
• Change the GRUB Menu Timeout
• Firefox Tweak Guide
• Mounting SMB File Shares Using Cifs
• Mounting SMB Shares
• Installing LAMP Using TASKEL
• Network Printing from Windows XP
• Fix sound in VMware Server
• Installing MediaWiki via GUI and Synaptic
• Switching to Ubuntu from Windows
• Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 Install
• VMware How To
• Schedule tasks using gnome-schedule
• Make your extensions work in Firefox Beta 3
• Image preview extension for Firefox
• Turn your PC into a DVD Ripping Monster

Lingering Problems...

• Sound management in Linux overall and within VMware
• /etc/X11/xorg.conf craps out every now and then, requiring me to restore a good copy
• Can't get a picture from my Microsoft Lifecan NX-6000 in Skype