Hi Team
I am looking at getting rid of the MacOS "Mojave" on my 2015 MBP, and replacing it with Linux of some flavor. The Apple ecosystem has become unacceptably exclusive since BigSur/Apple Silicon
I have run Fedora off and on over the years, most recently Fedora 34, on a Lenovo "Yoga" laptop last year; maybe the year before last, now. I recently wiped that machine clean to install Win7 in support of some OBDII diagnostic software. The Lenovo is a nice little laptop, but its 12in display is nowhere near as visually attractive as the MacBook Pro "Retina" screen. The Fedora install was OK, and very configurable, but also fairly challenging, or at least that was my perception after struggling with it for several months.
I have booted a "Live" Ubuntu (probably an outdated image) on my MBP, and it seems happy with the hardware environment, but I haven't really done much with it beyond that. WiFi works.
At a first glance, as opposed to Fedora, Ubuntu appears to be a lot more usable, right out of the box. Anybody here have experience with a recent Fedora distro and able to offer commentary? Another issue that might pop up is printer support/color management. I have a couple of Epson "Fine Art" printers; a StylusPro 7890, and a SureColor P-800. Honestly, I don't expect the same support as was available in MacOS, but it would be nice if there was something that allowed for print color management (*.icc profiles). I don't recall seeing anything in Gimp, but that doesn't mean it isn't there; Gimp is complex. Does anybody happen to know? It isn't the end of the world if not; I can do it on the Win7 box, but it would be nice if I didn't have to. Also, I have a virtual WinXP (MacOS "VMWare Fusion" created) that I would like to have access to. I seem to recall "VirtualBox" under Fedora not being able to open the VMWare machine. Am I just out of luck on that score? Also, Wine. How well does Wine work under Ubuntu? Anyone tried to get Kindle for PC to run under Wine on Ubuntu? I was eventually able to get it to go under Wine on Fedora, but it was a severe PITA, and fragile. Seems like I have read that it works better under Ubuntu; does anyone know?
Finally, are there any glaring issues with putting Ubuntu on a Mac as the primary/only OS? I really don't want to mess with Bootcamp, thanks anyway. Been there, Done that, Didn't have much fun. Didn't get a T-shirt, either
Any comments greatly appreciated! TIA, Steve (and George, The Mule)