Worked. Placed an order on a new pooter. Finally got back the papers I need to make the tax man happy.
What are the specs of the computer you ordered?
It's a dual core Pentium at 2.66 GHz, a 500 GB HDD, 2 GB of RAM and a GeForce 9600 video card. There's a Samsung DVD burner, too, and I'm going to use my old Audigy 2 sound card, instead of the built-in thing. A fairly modest setup, I'd say. Had to make sure everything was supported by Linux, and so I didn't pay extra for the 9800 card.
Thinking of including a new screen, too, and giving my old one to my son.