nope, I'm a subscriber to the 'I need to learn linux for work and the best way to do that is to immerse myself in it as if I don't have windows I don't have an excuse to use it and i'm definitely not paying for something i'm not using - money is too tight' crowd.

Ubuntu is pretty linux friendly, talk to the folks on ubuntuforums.org if you want to learn more before ever going on to it. They are smart and know all.