Welcome to the party frostbyte, I think you'll find it an enjoyable stay.

Finally updated my Samsung Vibrant to Gingerbread on Monday. I had been holding off as up to about two weeks ago, none of the gb roms had GPS working. The GPS is still finicky, but it works. Still waiting for Samsung to put out an upgrade. The current roms are all hacked up from other bits and pieces of other Galaxy S roms. Apparently the Galaxy S line doesn't have the same hardware across the board.

It should get better if Samsung ever releases (or leaks) and official version of gb for it.

I don't see many obvious differences between froyo and gingerbread, but haven't played with it too much. One nice thing is that Netflix now works, and works pretty well too boot.

Still waiting for a nice 7" to replace my S7.