
Please note that before going through any of the suggested fixes for this hardware, or installing any additional drivers, please make sure you RUN UPDATE MANAGER first and apply all updates to the system. This work is derived from the page that describes setup for the 7,1 MacBook Pro on Maverick Meerkat. This page is a stub for beginning work on describing the process of getting a 2011 MacBookPro working in Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) (latest stable release since 2).
Using the bleeding-edge b43 open source driver. State of Linux on the MacBook Pro (technical documentation) Ĭheck out the list of all Notable Contributors here. Get silent boot experience similar to macOS and Windows on Ubuntu and Arch Linux. Get SMART information of your Apple Internal SSD using Linux. Install a distribution in a virtual machine and copy it to bare metal afterwards (using Pop!_OS as an example). Disable thermal throttling (better performance but higher temperatures). Adding macOS-like screenshot shortcuts to KDE Plasma. Using Luks with the integrated keyboard. However, they might still be important to gain a better general picture or to help with specific issues. Note that, if you are using one of the distributions listed above, you should follow their install guides rather than the ones listed under this section. The following repos contain kernel modules for said support: Support for hardware is cross distro besides patches to the distribution specific kernel. If the distribution you want to use has a guide here, it's recommended to follow it instead of the instructions given in one of the repositories or otherwise official documentation by distribution vendor, as it considers T2 support.
Notable Resources ¶ Distributions ¶ĭifferent distributions are maintained by different people in their own repositories. Visit the Contribute page for more details. You may contact us on the Linux on T2 Macs (2018+) Discord Server, where you can find most of the people involved. To get started with an installation, refer to the roadmap.
This wiki contains knowledge about running Linux on Macs with the T2 chip.Ī list of those devices can be found on Apple's website.