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I won't go into how (sad story), but I was just given a Latitude D630 to possibly switch out my D430. I've been VERY happy running Ubuntu 8.10 on my D430 but am now interested to see how 9.04 works on the D630. With the NVidia card, faster CPU, and other goodies, it ought to be a slightly better, albeit heavier, experience.

I'll post some of my findings here in the next few days.
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