May 20th, 2009: Some of my pet peeves will be addressed in Ubuntu 9.10. (link)
May 7th, 2009: I have a source build of Wings 3D up and running on Ubuntu.
May 3rd, 2009: I have my development environment and a source build of Ogre 3D up and running on Ubuntu
February 15th, 2009: I've chosen Ogre 3D as the graphic engine for the client application.
January 24th, 2009: I'm setting aside all the work I've done and adopted Wings 3D.