Sorry but to keep this short, I'll skip telling what a LiveCD is.
Hello,
I am planning to try and set up Ubuntu on a Toshiba Satellite L-30 laptop for my relative, mostly for basic web-surfing, etc.
It is an older computer, it has a Celeron M 1.6Ghz processor, 40GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM (2 x 1GB, maxed out). It originally came with Windows XP Home. I believe it is pretty much the same as this model (except I have an Asian version):
http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/web/resource/pdf/discontinued-models/notebooks/satellite/satellite_l30_psl30a-00100e.pdf
As I understand, it all comes down to if the hardware can fully support the Ubuntu operating system. I do not want to start doing this, if I will run into serious trouble with it later. (Also, it came with Windows XP pre-installed, and with no backup disk, so I would not be able to re-install Windows again later.)
Could anyone let me know, if this laptop would be a good candidate for an Ubuntu "upgrade"? I am specially concerned about the wifi and sound/video working well.
How can I get drivers for this model?
Any help would be highly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

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