dv6000z + linux = :(

A little while ago I bought the HP dv6000z. It had all the hardware I was looking for at a decent price. The problem is that it doesn't really work very well with linux. I was hoping that if I waited a little while, someone else would put together a HOWTO so I could just ride the open source coat tails. No game on that one, so I'm starting this blog to document my quest to get everything working.