I’m very much enjoying the Verge’s current lovefest for desktop Linux. One killer use I found for it is reviving an OG MacBook for FireWire capture. OS X ran fine on the old machine, but it was so out of date that I struggled to get a usable browser running on it. 32-bit Linux Mint (CPU on the old laptop was an original Intel Core Duo) ran great with up-to-date Firefox out of the box, and no problem connecting to my Wi-Fi. I was concerned FireWire capture might not be supported, but it worked great with no additional setup needed. Even found an easy command-line utility to automatically capture and clip clips from my miniDV camcorder.