Hardware support in Linux is heavily tied to the state of the kernel that your distribution uses. Newer kernels generally have better support for newer hardware

Hardware support in Linux is heavily tied to the state of the kernel that your distribution uses. Newer kernels generally have better support for newer hardware. I am not aware of any distribution which is better or quicker at patching their kernel to fix Apple-related issues, so I suspect that your mileage will be about the same using most distros, especially as your MBP is not particularly new.