I made the switch. YMMV. However, with all the bumps I went through, I'd rather have the minor issues I have now and then instead of going back to OS X. I switc

I made the switch. YMMV. However, with all the bumps I went through, I'd rather have the minor issues I have now and then instead of going back to OS X. I switched for the same reasons, but the lynchpin was the constant issues installing native rubygems with the Xcode toolchain. It was always an issue I was dealing with. My laptop runs Ubuntu 14.04. I don't care about the window manager much, other than the occasional lazy file-browse and notifications, since I am mostly in Emacs/Terminal/browser and use Synapse to switch applications. My work computer is a Mac, but do most work in an Ubuntu VM. Since I am writing lots of JavaScript, I should feel compelled to a random test now in then within Safari and IE (in another VM). The company paid for the computer, otherwise I would not spend the money on one. I like XFCE terminal, but I don't have a compelling reason why. I use multi-term in Emacs and screen within that for development. The only long term problem is that printing has always been flaky. But, I have little to print, so it doesn't bother me. I just use my wife's Mac if I need to print something. I do miss the Emacs-style keybindings in OS X. But, I imagine that things can be configured. I never did; I just dealt with it (even though I like Emacs keybindings better :)) Again, YMMV. I'd commit to working it in a VM first.