Linux on an iMac, best of both Worlds?

Is anyone using Linux on their Apple, or has anyone tried it? One of my kids uses Linux and she swears by it. Reading the specs this looks like it just might be the best of all worlds.
The Linux OS S.U.S.E Linux Desktop 10 is supposed to come out Monday in a free trialware form.
Does anyone have previous experience running Linux on their Apples?
Thanks,
Doug

I haven't tried SUSE Linux and I agree that Linux in general has come a long way in terms of useability but I still find it too frustrating to use regularly (you may be different) whether it be from lack of driver support or just trying to find the right tool to do what I want to do (Linux tends to give you a lot more which can be a blessing and a curse). For that reason, I prefer to try various flavours of Linux in a virtual machine. I have also tried an older version of Linspire which was a far better experience for me but not enough to use regularly. Essentially, it is still more of a 'geek' computer system than not and requires more effort than I'm willing to put out at this point.
Yellow Dog Linux on PowerPC offered the best overall experience to me most likely as they were building it to run (for the most part) on Apple hardware. That resulted in less frustration than usual. With the move to Intel, perhaps there will be a bigger pool of developers looking to take advantage of Apple hardware but that remains to be seen.
I suppose I've also grown so use to the relative sleekness, functionality and ease of use of Mac OS X that I can't imagine installing Linux on my iMac (short of in a VM). The same goes for Windows. Everything on my iMac CD just works and I don't know which of its technologies (i.e. bluetooth, iSight camera, video card, airport wireless etc...) are even supported in Linux without having to spend time searching for and downloading (if possible) drivers, hacks etc...
So, at the moment, when I do try a new distro of Linux, it is usually in a VM or on older PPC or on a older, formerly Windows PC. I don't want to discourage anyone from trying Linux - on the contrary, I think it's beneficial to try out and learn about as many systems as possible. But from my experience with it, the user must be more prepared and willing to put out more effort to makes things work than is the usual case with OS X.

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