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I've run Ubuntu on a Macbook Air 2012 and also on a Macbook Pro 2015 for about 5 years. Both have worked really well. I found early on that using Xorg made things seem faster (but that may be subjective). I've read that Debian (netinst) is meant to be really good on older macs and it's something I'll try at some point.