Help Me! (Score 2, Interesting)

I've been a Windows person for too many years to count. I've tried Linux distributions on occasion, but always ended up frustrated with compatibility issues. Also, my job has always been MS related and I've stuck with Windows XP. Frankly, I hate it so I'm asking for some help. I tried Vista and think it is a pile of shit.

I need to be productive and need to run this stuff on whatever OS I switch to. Eventually it might be Apple/OSX, but for now I can not afford a new box.

- Standard Fare, Browser, email, etc. (got that covered with Linux or OSX)
- Quicken 2008.
- Excel
- Visual Studio 2005 (Mostly .NET 2.0/ASPX/C#) (I know I can not convince my employer to switch, so I have to be able to develop for it).

Is this even possible? Can tools like VS or the express editions be run under Linux using something like Wine?

Please let me know if this stuff is even possible. I so want to switch.