I say it again, as much as I want to like ubuntu — and I do like them/it for many reasons — PCLinuxOS is pretty hard to argue with. It Just Works(tm), it works elegantly, and there is a TON of software in their repositories.
So once again, we have a desktop machine that can play DVDs, play my music collection, with a bunch of cool 3D games for my daughter.
Geekery can be fun, if a bit expensive at times….