The Linux training starts shortly after the installation of this machine (tagged "Deep Thought").
An old laptop, running what has turned out to be an illegal copy of WinowsXP (an upgrade from original legitimate 98SE) will be converted to Linux as a test bed.
It's first job is to become a telephone exchange for the house (and route calls into/out of the internet, rather than copper pair rented from the phone company).
I'd also like it to run "SAM4 Broadcaster" from Spacial Audio - but not found out if SAM will run under Linux yet.
It's a fairly low powered machine, but will try to run a Second Life character on it, too.
Any other suggestions as to what to do with a hi-speed connection and a Linux machine?