10.04 or 8.10

I.'ve been having some troubles with an 8.10 setup. All my SWMBO wants/needs is a system that works with Z-wave (lights), MythTV and Pandora. Pandora stopped withing with 8.10 because it needs a newer browser. MythTV has been giving me problems and I think it's due to a video or sound card driver. (but can't confirm) Should I consider 10.04 which may solve my Pandora problem or should I stay with 8.10 since my SWMBO expects something that works well? If I stick with 8.10 I'm thinking of doing a fresh install (once again). Should I just grab LinuxMCE-8.10-latest-snapshot-i386.iso or is there a better option?

Thank you!