I also started running Linux on macbooks in 2009, three of them so far. I get them from the companies I've been working for. In general, I agree with you. It

I also started running Linux on macbooks in 2009, three of them so far. I get them from the companies I've been working for. In general, I agree with you. It can be challenging, but as long as you don't have the bleeding edge macbook, the latest Ubuntu tends to work pretty well. The 2014 macbook pro I'm using now has everything working on Ubuntu 2014 LTS except suspend and the thunder bolt ports for video. Those are kind of a big deal, but I don't need them and I really like to run Linux on the exceptional mac hardware, so I take the hit. When I do need to project a presentation, I just boot it into OSX. Again, that might not work for most, but I'm fine with it. I just really like to run Linux on the bare metal mac hardware.