Ok, here is the thing, benchmarking and bug hunting is my hobby!
Consider this...
I work blender 4-5 hours per day...
I keep training and learning new features in it...
I do a lot of things with blender like
1) Physics (Water, fire, hair, particles, wind)
2) Composition
3) Motion tracking
Check out these videos to get an idea :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTk8sSYIQUs (motion tracking + Octane)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcnuRc7_VnA (motion tracking + comp)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5rwNA-3eLc (hair dynamics)
All I can say is that I am willing to devote myself into making Octane + Blender 3D the best combo out there!
Thank you for the opportunity!
EDIT : I am an experienced Linux user (besides Windows) and many Blender users do use Linux. I bet I can help that way too.