It's really just a matter of time. With both my computer-semi-literate boyfriend and computer illiterate bosses switching to new computers with Windows 8 pre-installed, both have made comments that they wish they had just got a mac. with the windows 8 phones severely under performing, this complete and utter blunder regarding the xbox, and the fact that they can't seem to open their eyes to what the public is looking for these days, they'll be that thing we looked back on with nostalgia in 10~15 years.
Given the options I've seriously been considering running Ubuntu instead of anything else. We'll see, still have Windows 7 which I have no problems with.
or test it out on an old/spare PC you have sitting around, like some of us do. Repartitioning the drive of your main personal machine can be a bit of an investment. Also worth looking in to: Linux Mint, technically the same as Ubuntu but with a different front end.