> I'm not sure where you missed the fact that I can't play
  > full-screen DVD's (both discs and iso's) in ubuntu (I
  > would venture to say a very important feature for the
  > desktop/consumer OS) without it playing back at around
  > 10fps.

What video card / drivers are you using? It sounds like you simply don't have accelerated video drivers. I frequently play 720p video fullscreened in linux. The same goes for your comment about not being able to resize a window in real time. It sounds like you a have a fairly broken linux experience.

Completely agree with you about UI consistancy, though.