Originally Posted by Swizz

I switched out of XP about six months ago and haven't looked back (for my desktop). With the release of 8.10, they fixed a lot of nitty things, but the big issue that seems to have been resolved from 8.04 is multiple applications running sound (I could only get one program at a time in 8.04). I run WINE, and have played everything flawlessly from WoW to GTA:SA to Max Payne, yeah that game is still gangster.

Do yourself a favor, install Ubuntu, make an iso of your XP cd, shred it, and force yourself to really learn Ubuntu, you'll thank me.