Well, I'm happily settling into my Ubuntu linux desktop!!! With dreamweaver working, firefox and thunderbird holding up browser and email (check out the following tutorial http://librenix.com/?inode=10271 just remember there is plenty to do in Windows before booting into Linux...).

I've tried a little to get dual monitors setup with little luck, even crashed my GUI back to terminal. Fortunately I was able to edit config files from terminal to get the desktop back up and running, I'm learning!!!

Next step for me will be to get a few different versions of IE working for testing sites, and maybe even find Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Illustrator replacements.

UPDATE:
I've rolled back to Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, since my video card is no longer supported, cannot get dual displays in newer versions, AFAIK. However, no complaints now that I do have dual display working on my computer. Apparently, I longer have 3d accelaration, though, I can't see any problem with this and the appz that I run.