Well we made it through over a week of running Avimark on Linux.   Tweaked and optimized  some settings, but it ran all week.  Architecture was Ubuntu 12.4 server 3 ghz quad processor, 4 gig memory, 500 gig raid mirror.

Set up our normal windows workstations (5 out of the 12 available) and ran rdp sessions logged into the server, and ran Avimark under wine.

With the settings all figured out, it peacefully coexisted with the other stations running Avimark under windows off of the linux server.

You tube video here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzl-ggFZINE

This runs scary fast, and was very stable all week.