It seems a lot of Ubuntu users are moving to Mint, since Distrowatch has just
moved Mint to their #1 spot. When their tweaked Gnome 3 extensions are released,
perhaps Unity will be a moot point? Linux has been about choice and I will see
if their new Mint holds some hope, since I, like you have many systems that are
not up to these 3D GUI eye candy desktops. However, Ultimate Linux was able to
give me some eye candy with only a 64-MB VGA card.