I have spent a little more time looking at Linux on the Sammy. Ubuntu 8.10 boots up fine, I did a quick test initially, just to prove to myself that it would work.
After a little research it seems that Ubuntu 8.10 does not support the Atheros WiFi 'out of the box'. No problem the driver is available and easy to install, however it seems that every time Ubuntu updates it undoes the work you have done and you have to re-do from start. Still not too bad but hey, it seems Fedora 10 works out of the box according to reports.
It is not just the Wifi support that is better other support is covered too. So yep of course I have tried it.

This blog is posted using Fedora 10 the capture is of the Sammy desktop. Good another step completed, we are ready for super safe browsing on open networks.