Patience and a little work

Oh the hypocrisy! After all the times I have told people RTFM, I even have a t-shirt that says it, I found my answers by reading. Happy to say that my faith in Kubuntu was not misplaced. Also credit to everyone who contributed to wine. After reading and following the latest how-to for
World of Warcraft on winhq I am on my way to being windows free. A few registry tweeks and everything runs wonderfully. I wasn't even aware that I could use regedit under wine so there's another plus. I have been playing all weekend with no problems. My frame rates are comparable to the rates I'm getting in windows. The only issue I've experienced is a slight sound breakup Sat morning when entering the crowd at the Ogrimarr auction house. Windows will stutter under those conditions so we'll call that a wash. I am even on my way to getting ventrilo set up so I can have voice chat with my guild. That will require a minor sound change, I haven't taken the time to work on it yet.
This weekend I straightened out my printer issues as well. A little digging on the Ubuntu forums and I found a link to HP's Linux support site with drivers and directions. No problems, I can now print and scan. Faxing doesn't work but I haven't ever used the fax so that isn't an issue for me.
While I was playing around and installing software I came across Kmymoney a personal finance management program comparable to quicken and money. It even works with my credit unions online files. This is a real bonus.
A very productive weekend on the computing front. The only issue I am still working on is getting streaming video from CBS to play full screen. This is not a deal breaker for me as the next project is setting up a media server and the Mac mini as the media center.