Life Without Windows - Paused

My foray into Ubuntu 8.04 has been put on temporary hold.  I ran into a snafu with running Azureus and locking in a static ip address.  You see...I cannot live without my bit torrent access.

While attempting to find a replacement for MS Money in Ubuntu this weekend (which, BTW, I have determined cannot be done, despite what people say about this program), I was booting back and forth between Ubuntu and Windows.  After I was finished with what I was doing, I went back into Ubuntu and found that Azureus was no longer working properly.  So, I started checking into ports and IP addresses.  After searching around, I found that Ubuntu uses dhcp addresses exclusively and every time I booted up, it would change my ip address, rendering any port and static ip I had set on the router useless. 

I did a fair bit of poking around and found that I can change the ip address in Ubuntu, its just a bit more involved than I really ever become in my operating systems.  Up to this point, Ubuntu had been surprisingly easy to use and learn...but this one item really threw me for a loop for a bit. 

I booted back to Windows, because I know how to set the static ip up in there.  Once I got it reset in Windows and my router all squared away with an open port, I left the desktop on Windows for the time being.  With the Stanley Cup finals underway, I just don't want to run into any problems that could preclude me from hooking up with my next fix for a game.  So, for now, I am back to Win XP...but, I miss my Ubuntu.