I threw the Gateway out a few months back. However,
I do have Kubuntu 12.04 installed. I thought that it had stalled but
not so, the reading of the CD to even get it running in the trial option
was very slow. Then, I asked to install. Again slow and it took me
three attempts to get on to the HD. Computer a locally built machine
running Intel dual core processor, 2 Gb ram, 100Gb spare on the HD
which I partitioned again allowing 25 gigs for 12.04 installation.