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RE: Computing memories: Being on the cutting edge of technology
On Mac hardware I usually put Linux Mint but for no particular reason except to be different.
This made me laugh because ME TOO!
I really enjoyed Ubuntu before the Unity interface took over. I really hated that and it was clear they were trying to make an OS that could be used on everything. The work around was too complicated for me and I didn't have time to figure it out so I just walked away. When I buy a new gaming laptop I will likely turn the one I am typing on now into a Linux machine of some sort. I'll probably end up using Mint because it is simple.
Yeah, I really hated Unity too but I think they dropped it several years ago and went back to Gnome as the default desktop environment. But the workaround for me was simple. Install Xubuntu instead of Ubuntu (for the XFCE desktop environment). It's not any harder to use than Mint. I think Unity was trying to be Windows 8 and nobody liked Windows 8 to begin with. I guess Xubuntu and Mint are my current favorites...
Thanks for the information. I think the reason I don't mess with it for now is because I would need a dual boot environment and I am afraid to try that on my one and only computer. When I do get a new PC I will not be buying a $2000 one and I think Linux would be perfect for that. Not dual boot, just a one and only OS. Glad to hear that Unity got bas boot. It needed to because I don't recall anyone really liking it.