Well, the power supply I had in reserve was dead, plus it didn’t have the connectors for the 8800 anyway so it wouldn’t have worked out.  Also, I forgot that my completely crappy falling apart case doesn’t house the 8800 very well, so I need a new case and power supply before I continue.

Other than that, it’s looking like Ubuntu had a major version release today to 8.10.  I’m irritated about the case/PS thing but looking at things like this: http://lifehacker.com/5068294/beautifully-minimalist-conky-setup make me think the wait will be worth it.  It should be a very cool secondary box.