[. . .] but the hardware support for the NC10 on Fedora is considerably better.

[Update] Hardware support is similar between Ubuntu 8.x and Fedora 10.  Wireless works out of the box with Fedora 10 but is a quick fix in Ubuntu.

Virtually everything works out of the box: display graphics, external graphics (1024×768 or lower), speakers, WiFi, wired LAN, webcam, Bluetooth, USB ports, microphone port, SD card reader, touchpad, standard keyboard keys, sleep, hibernate.

Work to be done: internal microphone, headphone port (works but doesn’t turn off speakers), Fn-* keys, external display (higher than 1024×768).