I was a somewhat reluctant Mac user for several years (say, 2006 to early 2012). Reluctant because I've never been a fan of apple products in general, but at th

I was a somewhat reluctant Mac user for several years (say, 2006 to early 2012). Reluctant because I've never been a fan of apple products in general, but at the time Apple provided the best combination of good desktop environment and unix-like environment that made my life as someone who works on server software much easier. There were always many nitpicks I had to deal with and fix every time I reinstalled or got a new computer, and they piled up and up with every new version. I switched to xubuntu with a toshiba z830 and my life got easier. Then I switched to Mint and things got even better.