Ubuntu + XGL
I finished installing Ubuntu Linux on my new box last week, updated video drivers once the new GPU arrived and now I have a pretty powerful system for dirt cheap. To test out the new hardware, I've been trying to figure out how to install XGL on this thing, but there are about a dozen different guides on the Internet, and the instructions on each are pretty much completely different. Trying one tutorial, I found myself booting into an error message and locked out on the command line. *sigh* Looks like I'll need to do plenty of more reading.
BTW, if all goes well my desktop should look something like this...
