I just downloaded Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) in the ISO format and realized that I have no CD burning software on the machine! Darn it! Happens to be all the time… still I do not learn and installing the CD burning software is never on my checklist.
A quick google search lead me to ISO Recorder [...]

Phew!!! That was good. I almost lost hope of connecting wirelessly in Ubuntu 5.10 and was begining to curse my choice of NetGear WG311v3 PCI Wireless adapter. Now before I forget, here are the steps.
1. Download and build the ndiswrapper (http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net).
2. Copy the WG311v3.INF & WG311v3XP.sys from the NetGear install CD
3. execute ndiswrapper -i WG311v3.INF.
4. [...]

Imagine you spend an entire week painfully setting up your computer to dual boot with XP and Ubuntu (Breezy) using GRUB and have configured Ubuntu to the max and you have to reinstall XP. No more GRUB, XP has overwritten the MBR!!!