21-Apr-2007 update: I decided to revert to running Windows XP on my Compaq. It was just too much trouble hunting down the required Linux drivers and utilities.
Here's a collection of links to Linux resources that I'll be using for the Linux environment that'll run on my Compaq Presario B3800 Notebook.
Color management – Linux applications that support the use of Adobe's ICC profile.
Links compilation by other Linux users – Forum post by JimC – difference between Linux distro and Linux itself, site that tracks distros, SimplyMEPIS 6.5.02, PCLinuxOS, Sidux 2007-2.
Image Editing tools – digiKam, Krita, Lightzone (free for Linux users), Pixel, Bibble for Linux, Google's Picasa, Xara LX (recently renamed to Xara Extreme), UFRaw, RAW Therapee