Comment elementary (Score 1) 965
I feel that the elementaryos.org project is actually crafting the kind of experience I have wanted. I went Mac because I got tired of trying to make laptops sleep consistently, device drivers work just so - but with carefully chosen hardware and Ubuntu customized with the elementary UI on top, I think the lean, carefully crafted interface has finally arrived.
Even if they change elementary to resemble OSX less, and I think they should consider that, the framework has been extremely well thought out. They're using Vala instead of anything virtual machine-based for standard apps. Things feel light and fast. I approve.
My desktops have been Linux-only for years. I can run any games I care about in Wine, easily, and unlike a Windows system, I can transplant my hard drives into any x86 box Linux supports and it will just work.