Going to download Ubuntu now! Will post later how that went.

>> Although I loved how Xandros looked and operated!

Good to hear!

>>> I did get Xandros to run on my laptop then couldnt get it to connect to any of my networks so I deleted it!

I'm guessing you are speaking of a wireless network?

I've never had a problem with any Linux distribution recognizing a wired
network...but I've often had a little trouble with wireless networks,
and turned to "ndiswrapper" to save the day. Ndiswrapper allows Linux
to use drivers which were written for windows.

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/

I tried to run Ubuntu and i have a built in wireless card and it wont
read it what should i do now? I tried to use that ndiswrapper but
couldnt get it to download is that something i have go go on ubuntu
wired then download wireless drivers where would i find these?