dunno about 8.10 - likely not good anymore but something similar should work. 8.04 is rock solid (I'm posting this from a sub shop via a tethered mogul on my ubuntu 8.04 laptop)
For 8.10 looks like it should just work out of the box, you may have actually made it worse trying to follow this guide:
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/1...orks-very-well