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[dosraider]

Originally Posted by Tracker

I downloaded Kubuntu and burnt a bootable disc, but it was way too slow for me. I think I'll go with DSL, I read that it can be used for everything I need, and the screenshots look good as well. But that is scheduled for tomorrow.

Seeing your specs:

Originally Posted by Tracker

@dosraider: P4 refers to my CPU, as Pentium 4 processors had a clocktime of app. 2Ghz. Mine is an obscure one, an AMD Athlon at 1,7 Ghz.

An AMD Athlon 1.7GHz / 512 MB should run Kubuntu without any glitch, and should be pretty fast.
But:

Originally Posted by Tracker

I believe I might have memory issues, as every error message refers to the software I'm running being unable to read/write certain addresses of the 512MB DDR RAM module.

That's another matter.
My advise: run memtest, can get it free@
http://www.memtest86.com/
Errors must be zero. If you can't rely on your memory you can't trust your PC.
Sometimes it can help to get the module out , cleaning the contact surface with alcohol ( gently !! ) and stick it back in. And whilst you're there, clean up the inside of your PC if needed.

Believe me , if you can't run Kubuntu pretty fast on an AMD 1.7GHz/500MB there is something completely wrong with your PC.