Thread: Tell me about Ubuntu/Linux

The lovely community of Dreamviews Chat have gotten me past the procrastination of trying Linux and I've decided to install Ubuntu for starters. I'll tell you what I mainly use my computer for and I what I ask of everyone is some tips/advice on software and stuff. It would be greatly appreciated!

Activities I use Windows XP for:

1. -Torrent downloads
2. -iTunes (For putting music and videos on my iPod Touch)
3. -Recording Guitar tracks/Creating music
4. -Banking
5. -Checking Email
6. -IRC
7. -Watching Movies/TV shows/YouTube/Netflix what have you
8. -Scheduling (Birthdays, major events, etc...)
9. -Minimal gaming (stuff like Halo, Age of Empires, Flash games, pretty much any game that this crappy computer can handle)
10. -Windows Live Messenger

That's about it, I'll add to the list if I think of anything else, but those are the main things.