So far, so good.... got all the codecs down I need. No xmms in the repositories, but thats true for Ubuntu as well. But everything seems to 'just work' pretty much. A program called Monsoon is used for torrents, but I think Transmission is a touch better (primarily because it looks less cluttered).

At this point, I'm happy, but there's nothing extra that would make want to switch, no real selling point I could give to Ubuntu users. Then again, there are no turn-offs either. The next few days will reveal more. I suppose the only issue I have is the slow download speed when adding software, and there is less software in the repo's. On the plus side, I added some new repo's and all the codec stuff by clicking on a link via the web - nothing earth shattering but a nice touch anyhow.

Next step is to get 3d working, install xmms and then setup Slime, Lisp and Emacs.