Ubuntu update

News from the Ubuntu front. Geekery ahoy:

1. Audacity for Linux not only works great, but is more updated and featured than Audacity for Windows.
2. I've got Chrome, with all extensions, working in Ubuntu just exactly like what I'm used to in Windows. No difference.
3. I tried GIMP photo-editing last night and it seems to do most of what I use Corel for.
4. My trackpad doesn't behave quite the same way I'm used to, but this doesn't seem insurmountable, and I hear I can make it do Multi-Touch like an Apple!
5. Will probably abandon Yahoo IM/Chat--not enough value there to replicate.
6. Ctrl+Z doesn't work to undo! This is A Problem!
7. My boss, who until a couple of years ago worked for Intel his whole career, thinks I'm becoming a Communist or something for going Open Source. Silly me--I thought he'd be impressed.

A few unresolved issues:

• Will my Wacom pen tablet work under Ubuntu? (ETA: A tentative yes) \o/
• What shall I do about Audible.com audiobooks (which WILL NOT download to a Linux machine because of DRM--grrr.)?
• Which of the half-dozen FREE mind-mapping applications shall I choose to replace the ridiculously overpriced proprietary one I use now?
• Virus protection...(ETA: Oh, look!)

So, I'm having fun.