Moving out Mac

[Lotsa Cabo]

About a year ago I purchased a PowerBook in hopes of "easing" my way 
away from Windows and onto a UNIX platform.  Well, I recently threw FC2 
on my Toshiba laptop and now I want to get rid of the PowerBook.  There 
are, however, a few items that I have gotten used to and do not want to 
live without.  I am hoping someone can give me some pointers as to 
where to start... maybe recommend some apps.

The top things I would like to be able to do with FC2 that I can do 
with my PowerBook...

1. BLUETOOTH SYNC
I have a Sony T610 cell phone.  I use BlueTooth to sync my calendar 
(iCal) and my Address Book on a daily basis.

2. IPOD & ITUNES
My 40GB iPod is almost filled to capacity with legit songs from iTunes. 
  It connects via FireWire.  Now, my Toshiba does not have FireWire and 
I do have a copy of VMWare.  I assume that the only way to keep iTunes 
and my iPod is to use the Windows version via USB through VMWare.  I 
hope there is a better way to do this.

3. QUICKEN
I have looked at the "Cash" program (not sure of the complete name) 
that ships with FC2 several times and it basically sucks.  Is there a 
quality personal finance program out there for Linux?  I do not mind 
paying for it.

4. KONFABULATOR
This is a very cool third-party app that allows users to have "widgets" 
hovering on their desktop to provide various functions.  A few that I 
use constantly is a graphical weather forcasting widget, a connection 
widget to show all of the my active connectiond and protocols, an IP 
meter to show my external IP, and a few others.  Is there anything like 
Konfabulator for Linux?

5. PROTOOLS
Okay, I know this is REALLY pushing it, but how about ProTools and 
Logic.  I use them both on my Mac.  I realize I cannot take them with 
me, but are there any professional quality applications out there for 
MIDI and hi-end recording?

I realize this is pushing it.  But, the more info I can find, the 
better.

Thanx,
Ryan

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