The fact is
my first installation was a standard Ubuntu 8.10 and I wasn't really
happy with it. Then i installed the UE.2.1 on the other machine
and my stuff was running much better, smoother and faster. This
is why I made the switch. Another time I installed Kubuntu- also
8.10 and didn't like it at all. Then I upgraded to 9.04
from a fresh install disk and was not happy with that either.
Almost none of my wine programs will work on it. So back to 8.10
I went. Again this was the standard ubuntu and again I was
disappointed with the performance of wine programs. Reinstalling
UE2.1 seems to have solved all my problems. Only trouble noticed
was with VirtualBox and then I can't blame UE for that one either
because Im also running it on the dual core and VB is working fine
over here.

In all my trials and tribulations I have become somewhat of an expert
in installing Ubuntu LOL I still manage to break stuff from time
to time. When that happens I experiment with other versions and
every single time wind up back with UE 2.1 . It may not work for
all of you, but with My programs on My machines it seems to be
the best choice.

Now I have in my possession the install disk for UE version of
9.04. Next reinstall, in it goes and will see if I like it any
better than the real mccoy.

BTW, the PhenomII performs quite well actually and Im very happy with
it. Twas only VB that gave me trouble.