Ultimately, the issue you have is that Apple doesn't care about Linux support. So they're not going to guarantee that their hardware works well with Ubuntu or a

Ultimately, the issue you have is that Apple doesn't care about Linux support. So they're not going to guarantee that their hardware works well with Ubuntu or anything else. That may not be an issue for you - but if you care about Linux working well on the hardware you need to _tell_ the vendor that - the best signal is by buying hardware that comes with Linux preloaded.