Recently my beloved Apple Mac Pro began acting up so much so I had to engage Apple Care (Apple’s support branch). They sent out a technician to replace my “logic board” and that didn’t help. We then had them replace the video card, no help. At that point we took it to the local Apple Store and they replace the logic board and the RAM riser, no effect. After two months or so of not being able to work on my Mac I finally called their Customer Relations department. They reviewed the case, agreed it was ridiculous and are sending me a brand new, shiny Mac Pro (8 core, etc). I am quite pleased with Apple for this but that’s not what this is all about..

During this journey I built a new workstation (and by I, I of course mean a minion) and put kubuntu on it (the KDE version of Ubuntu) and I have to say I love it. I have everything I had on my Mac without spending a lot of money on software and I’m practicing what I preach (Open Source all the way). It’s definitely a win-win and reversed my previous declaration that Linux sucks at Desktops and should be used on servers only. I have dual monitors, my ipod, my scanner, my sirius stiletto radio all working with Kubuntu. Now that I’m a recent convert I would encourage everyone to try it out.