I'm also on an apple laptop, but for the Safari issues stated above, I stick with chrome.
Once we replace it, maybe I'll try to jailbreak it and shove Linux up its i/o port, see how it likes that action
I used Linux off n on for a few years. Eventually I gave up, not due to the o/s, but my lack of software comprehension, zero coding experience, and an unwavering OCD to keep messing with things.
Actually, it was more the O/S's (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Knoppix, Mandrake, etc) just didn't have the support for the junk I was trying to run it on. And I do mean junk. PC's cobbled together with used parts.
That is honestly the only drawback I can note with a community based o/s.
I won't lie to feeling a little smarmy, nose in the air to the hoards of malware and viruses, whilst running Linux...