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What stops your MBP from running Linux?

• gtaylor 14y ago
  Touchpad support is the big blocker for me. It does support some of the gestures, but the whole experience is sub-par compared to what we were spoiled with on Mac OS. Movement and acceleration is weird, the ignoring of "accidental" contact doesn't always work well, and some gestures take a few attempts to register. If they could just nail this down, I'd never boot Mac OS again on my MBP.
  • Tmmrn 14y ago
    Are you talking about the default synaptics driver or have you tried xf86-input-mtrack-git? There's something in the wiki but I have no mac, so I don't know what I'm talking about: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBook#Touchpad https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBook#Touchpad
    • gtaylor 14y ago
      I haven't tried that yet, but sounds like a good idea. I may have to give it a shot again.
• smoyer 14y ago
  The large number of pixels on the Retina display (well ... I have it attached to a Thunderbolt monitor too). Ubuntu 13.04 claims they'll support the MBP Retina, but I've already said I want to avoid Unity. I guess that means the drivers are available though. If I was choosing now, I'd probably go for the upgraded Lenovo X1 Carbon (or maybe the 230 ... my son's favorite). But I also admitted it's usable, so I'll live with it for a couple years.