It's deadly quiet because 99.8% of the software out there won't run on your box anymore.
Lets see, I have development tools (IDE, compilers etc), Webservers, Samba file sharing, juke boxes, audio/video editing, PVR's, home control, Open Office, several SQL databases (and with OO 2.x - a database program to use as a front end for SQL or to create dBase or Access databases) a damn good flight simulator... I don't know, I'm not lacking any tools I need.