Need to update your knowledge,...look at Linux Mint...
Funny you should mention that (Linux Mint).
I just migrated my Ubuntu systems to it. I chose the 032b-Hardy (8.04) based distro.
I like the way they’ve optimized Ubuntu’s Hardy for logically gained speed improvements. It really does work.
I can’t figure out why, but VirtualBox 1.6 installed without so much as a hiccup in Mint, and choked itself breathless on Ubuntu, both being Hardy.
Canonical could take a lesson there.