Just Switched To Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

After a very mind-boggling semester, my laptop which was using Windows Vista then became full, crappy and slow. I have been itching to use OSS ever since people claimed its wonders. Now that I am on my semestral break, I decided to borrow the installer of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, released last April 2009, from James.

Now my Vista's wiped out. I am using solely Ubuntu as of the moment because I felt I need some software refreshment. My Ubuntu's now fully functional; I hope I didn't miss anything. But here are some problems/not-much-of-a-problem that I faced during/after installation:

There are so many libraries and files to update. This is since the installer is for April 2009 and we are now in October and prolly there are thousands of upgrades/updates done in between. It took me around 3 hours to update.
No sound! This is the biggest problem I had. My soundcard doesn't seem to be recognized or what. I have to scour the web with all the possible solutions. I have tried a lot and most of them failed. I found the solution here: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3103449.msg179195#msg179195. Just some minor file edits (I don't know and care what file that was) and a reboot and voila, I'm hearing That Girl by Plain White T's now.

One more question, will I stay with Ubuntu for a long time or do a dual boot with Vista? Of course I HAVE TO do a dual boot.

I don't like Open Office that much. Though there has been lotsa improvements, Microsoft Office still has the twang I need to do all my school stuff.
I think I'll be needing a Windows platform for my Special Problem next semester.
Windows still has its advantages over Ubuntu/Linux vice versa. It's good to get the best of both worlds.

So that's it. Thanks James for letting me borrow the installer. I needed this. Now I'm done with this, I'll do some minor exploration and next focus on reviving my freaking dead blog. Screw Kinohost.

Adios! Visit http://www.ubuntu.com/, aryty?