Ubuntu 20.04 on Macbook Pro 2012 13" Retina

[mahesh]

°WSo I finally installed Ubuntu on an old 2012 Macbook Pro 13"



To the point, things that worked out of the box:

• WiFi
• Audio
• Screen (everything looks good on Retina, automatically scaled)
• STEAM was opening at 100%, so super small fonts, but managed to fix it on the .desktop file
• Same with Spotify, but fixed it doing CONTROL +
• Webcam (was surprised by that)

Need to properly configure

• Bluetooth: it appears to work, detects devices, but once I pair it with earphones, they sound intermitent (sound ON, then OFF with delay)
• Battery: it runs out super fast and the laptop itself heats up if I have it plugged charging

Questions

• I have installed TLP and PowerTop, but I'm not sure if I have to manually set them up or do they work with auto tune or automatically out of the box?
• If I'm using 20.04, do I need to add the Mactel-Support PPA and install the utilities there to properly configure the battery, fans and bluetooth or are those tools outdated?

I see a lot of documentation online that seems super helpful but I'm not sure which ones to follow, as some of them are from 2009 (as an example).