Some Ubuntu Issues

Downloaded the Ubuntu 7.10 live CD, and I can't say I'm as in love with it as I had hoped I would be. The first system I tried it on was my work system - a Thinkpad T60p with a Centrino Duo processor, ATi graphics, gig of RAM, and 120 Gig HD. The live CD booted up ok, but by default did not recognize my Wacom mouse/pen which I somewhat expected. However it also didn't recognize the touchpad on the laptop. It would only work with the little red nub pointer and buttons.

Also, couldn't get the version of Firefox on the live CD to use the profile I have on my USB drive, which would mean a LOT of copying settings and form information to get started. Would also make it difficult (at best) to stay in sync with my home machine.

Home machine was up next, and it's an HP tx1000 CTO laptop with an AMD dual core, nVidia graphics, touchscreen, two gigs of RAM, and a 160 gig HD. Not surprisingly, it didn't recognize the wireless keyboard and mouse, and didn't recognize the touchscreen. Same problem with the USB drive of course.

I suspect that given some time I could do an install of Ubuntu and get some of these problems worked out. But I wish there were a live DVD version that had more of the drivers on it so I could be sure. In the meantime, I don't think I'll be switching either machine anytime soon...