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I'm a fan of linux and have never owned a Mac, but honestly if I had one I'd just stick with OSX. It's going to be a much better experience.

Well, this is an installation guide for the latest MacBook Pro, for the latest ubuntu.

I wouldn't call this "easy".

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro11-1/Saucy

It also has a fairly big section "Things that do not work (or fully work) yet".

Virtualisation is actually a really nice way to run Linux on a Mac.

I second this. It means stuff typically just works (including that old chestnut hibernation), plus it means you can write OSX/iOS software still (which is why I bought one in the first place)

I know that the web cams on new Macbook Pros do not work on linux, and there has been little to no progress on making them work.

The battery life might be better if you virtualize linux instead.