To make a long story short, the link is here: http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu/ubuntu-releases/karmic/ubuntu-9.10-netbook-r... Ubuntu 9.10 is freshly published, and from what I hear it is really speedy, and in a low powered laptop like my wee eeepc 1000h every bit of speed helps.  Last night as I was finishing up my days programming duties, I decided it was time to download Karmic Koala and see if it really did give me that extra speed.