I may as well pitch in about my Linux since the experience has been surprisingly good. I've got a 2008 Thinkpad R500 which is running Linux Mint 17, I'm still using 17.1 "Rebecca" to avoid being too cutting-edge. I'm using the Xfce version, and it runs very light/fast while still having everything I'd want in a desktop. The computer runs as though it is five years newer. The installer is so good, I didn't need to tinker with multimedia. I haven't had any major problems, and there seems to be a great support community and good documentation.
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