Inspired by @gtwilson's experience today, I've re-posted the blog posts I originally wrote on Posterous eight years ago, documenting my attempted switch to Ubuntu Linux with a System76 laptop that came with Ubuntu pre-installed.
Here they are:
The adventure begins [blog.larryanderson.org]
Unboxing the Pangolin Performance [blog.larryanderson.org]
First and last steps with Ubuntu [blog.larryanderson.org]
Final reflections [blog.larryanderson.org]
Be gentle. I was a lot less experienced eight years ago. :-)
// @kdfrawg