Of our small team (6) of coders, 4 have dual monitors, 2 don't. By my estimation that's equivalent to saying that 66.666666666666666666666666667% of our coders prefer dentists who chew gum.
10.04 LTS... as far as my math skills can carry me that means you can use Ubuntu 10.04 with Gnome support until at least after the end of the world.
Mayan's be DAMNED!