The "speed" of my connection varies by quite a bit, depending on whether my flatmate is bittorrenting. Would this be useful for my situation?

Site is a terrible idea... If you asked for the "get gas" service you'll probably end up losing your car as well as the money you give them to pay for the gas... a double whammy!

I have just installed Ubuntu Feisty on my laptop (ASUS W3A) for the first time. Everything worked great out-of-the-box and the forums contain lots of resources. Only problem I have encountered is creating a highly functionable dock, which I find to be a great for maximizing screen real estate on a laptop, in Gnome.…