Linux Mint, based on Ubuntu!
http://www.linuxmint.com/
I've been using it for a little more than a year. I'm actually a Linux newbie
I'm still learning the basics, so Windows is for gaming, everything else is with Linux. Didn't have much luck with Wine, maybe if I give it more time. What's your distro?
Ahh... mint.
I use arch every day, all day, for everything.
A little more advanced and hard to use, but also simpler code and programming wise. it runs really efficiently and has really good repos and the best package manager ever made (pacman).
Did you ever post in my Linux thread? the compatibility with wine thing? post your computer specs, error messages, approach to getting it to work, wine version, hair color, etc in my thread and I will try to help you.