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Distro for 2012 MacBook Pro Retina (15 inch)
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had a bunch of those. the best thing you can do is disable the nvidia graphics and run it off the intel graphics, plenty powerful for everyday tasks, lower power consumption, less heat, longer battery life. only downside, you lose display out.
after that, any linux distro will suit you just fine. go with fedora for newest and best or debian for safe and boring.
edit: https://lemmy.ml/post/42330116
I also had this exact Mac running Debian with Nvidia disabled. And a TP link WiFi adapter too.
The Nvidia can’t do Wayland anyway, so definitely ignore it and disable.