You might try one of the previous versions of Linux Mint with the Cinnamon or Gnome desktop. Depending upon how much memory your machine has you might like that OS much better. I believe ver13 LTS (Long Term Support) might be compatible but you should probably look for yourself before committing.
You might try one of the previous versions of Linux Mint with the Cinnamon or Gnome desktop. Depending upon how much memory your machine has you might like that OS much better.That's not a bad idea to salvage some life out of an old Mac, but I seriously doubt your average user is going to prefer any flavor of Linux over OS-X. Much as I rag on Apple for their overpriced products and their base of slavishly devoted, often irrational, fan-boys, they do have a really polished and nice OS.
I use Linux Mint every day in my software development job and I love it. It works exactly the way I need it to work and I’m able to deliver the work artifacts on time without annoying operating system issues. I have been a Linux user and programmer since 1996 and Mint is the best OS for laptop work IMHO. For server deployments it’s Redhat, Ubuntu, or zLinux for us. So I appreciate your recommendation to load Linux Mint, and i heartily second it.
Not asking for OS advice, folks.