The default Ubuntu LiveCD/Installer is very much for the typical desktop / notebook. Andy's uses tend to the extreme, so it's not really suitable for him.

But installer issues can pop up for any O/S, other than MacOS of course. I recently threw in the towel after 10 hours attempting to get WinXP to install boot in a VM (VirtualBox, VMware, etc..).

So it happens. Other than the odd failure, though, Ubuntu is very simple to install on the typical system. And it would be a much easier install than XP is proving to be on the system Bitt is fighting with. Thus, an option.

Cheers