@height8 Cool! I used to be on Kubuntu too, but switched over to Xubuntu after falling in love with XFCE. :)
Memory is sketchy at best, so I might have the details wrong at this point. Entirely possible that Ubuntu and Debian stand on the same level in terms of support for all the peculiarities of Apple's hardware. Would be darn nice. More options to fall back to in case Apple goes completely bananas in the future.
// @matigo