jaunty

How do I reduce the startup and shutdown music volume? How do I adjust desktop resolution to 1152x864 or 1280x960? Does Internert work faster in Linux or has my ISP gone mad? I get 44-48kb/s when downloading from repos and in general, I used to get avg spd of 27-31kbs in XP while torrenting...

Ok, So I've installed Jaunty Jackalope, after a friend of mine told me his MTNL usb modem worked without a specific driver. I own a Black R&B Comtec USB modem from Airtel, its a 256 line, but one that has to be dialed up. I was wondering, how do I configure this to work with Jaunty? Can it be...