I'm running Arch and i3 on mine... Works beautifully. I seem to get good battery life too, as I've been pretty selective about what I installed. Powertop takes

I'm running Arch and i3 on mine... Works beautifully. I seem to get good battery life too, as I've been pretty selective about what I installed. Powertop takes care of the rest. The trackpad perhaps isn't as nice as my workhorse MBA, but just about everything I use regularly has some sort of Vim mode, so my fingers are hardly ever off the keys.