Btw, before I purchased my Matrix board, I ummed and awwed of ages before deciding on my purchase. It was the "Install any OS you like" blurb on the homepage that gave me the final push
I have a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 istall on my new V2.1 Matrix box. Apart from the Unity desktop, it's pretty good. I'm a long-term Linux Mint and Mac OS user and I've recently bought a Raspberry Pi to play with too. Now that I'm bored with the Pi, I've bought a Matrix set up and immediately installed Ubu...