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Ubuntu a few years ago created their own desktop called Unity, have a look at the links below. The Ubuntu site link shows a few screen shots...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_%28user_interface%29http://www.ubuntu.com/desktopA lot of people don't like Unity, so it's going to come down to personal preferences, but you can always install other desktops, Gnome, KDE, Xfce, and more...
When you install something like Ubuntu as a distro, the learning curve isn't that bad because it's pretty much set up and running for you...
Did you see my tutorial for Linux?
http://www.bolehvpn.net/forum/index.php?topic=6421.0It's a lot of information if you want to learn a little about it, but the simplest thing to do is just check out distrowatch.com and you'll see on the right side of the website linux versions by rank, at the bottom of that list it says; 'More Statistics', there are a little over 300 linux versions and geeks like me that love to check them out and play, we call it' 'Distro Hopping'
Linux Mint is a really great distro too, right up there with Ubuntu, so be sure to check it out as well, and they have their own desktop they created which is really nice called Cinnamon... Personally I like Linux Mint better for newer users...
http://linuxmint.com/So to answer your question, go for it! I love Linux and it's all I use and if I ever need Windows I just run it in VirtualBox on my desktop in Linux...
Linux= Better speed, performance, stability, no more blue screens of death, no more defragmentation, and NO MORE VIRUSES and it's FREE too, so put it on any computer at half the price of an Apple!
Oh and by the look of my Avatar I'll give you one guess as to the one I like? LOL...