A Bit More On Ultima Linux
Changing back to text log-in and using startx to start X took care of at least one problem. Virtual consoles are back like I expect them to be. Root can now shut things down from Xfce, though a normal user cannot - at least not without some more work which I have not yet done. Another thing I haven't gotten around to yet is customizing the look of xterm. These are covered in the Xfce FAQ (questions 15 and 9, respectively).
This morning I also tried the other window managers (except for twm, which is best avoided) and while Enlightenment, Fluxbox, and WindowMaker have their points, Xfce seems to be the best (or least objectionable) to me. I still might try to add icewm though it looks like a couple tweaks to Xfce will get things as I prefer them to be.
One nice discovery is that Dillo now supports tabbed browsing. Another was that even with a few tabs open, top reported that Ultima hadn't dipped into swap. It took launching Firefox to get it to do that.
Overall, I'm fairly impressed. I'm even starting to consider putting Ultima on the laptop.