[taude]

i've tried getting linux to run on a 2018 MB Pro (intel/nvidia based). Even after a ton of research and installing a couple "compatible-ish" distros, I couldn't get it to work, and gave up. And then further reading suggested I was always going to live with a semi-bricked machine. I just wanted a simple writing and couch surfing laptop. But the version of MacOs running on that old hardware is so slugish, it's painful.

[regexorcist]

A Fedora live USB should just boot on an Intel MBP (maybe you have to hold Alt? Don't remember). Then you can install it to disk. I was happily running Linux on a 2015 model until recently, still a good machine for most things.

[taude]

I'll give this a try, both sound and wifi will work? (I'll check it out.)

[AlexeyBrin]

You may have more luck with Omarchy - apparently they test against most Intel Mac based models.

[taude]

Interesting, I do have an omarchy install already on a USB. I didn't try that one on the old Macbook pro, though. Thanks for the suggestions.