PopOS (just as Ubuntu) comes with a live-linux for its install media -i.e. you can try with the very same installer usb-stick if the system works for you. In generall I'd say the older a system, the better the likelihood of linux compat (if it is not WAY to old).
On that 2014 MBP Retina, I have attached a 4K TV via HDMI. It works in dual-screen, even though I use it with the lid closed in single-screen mode (4k TV only), but only 30Hz are supported (I can run 1080@60). Limitation of the Intel onboard GPU I assume.
You probably have your reasons why you do not want macOS on that system anymore - for me the 2014 MBP fell long out of macOS support and while I had Sonoma with Opencore Legacy Patcher running on it, the OS was just unbearably slow, plus some audio issues (along the fact that with opencore legacy patcher your security is also at risk). So that was a no brainer, because macOS just wasn't an option anymore.
Another word of warning: I had the very same 2019 Intel MBP and it died just a couple of weeks after it fell out of Apple Care. Just turned of right while using, never came back. That series is notorious for having thermal issues, and a friend of mine had the same model dying the same way just a couple of weeks after. Maybe you want to sell it while it still has macOS support (higher prices on the 2nd hand market) and get a different laptop if you are after Linux.
I just tried to put omarchy/arch on my 16” mbp. Everything worked (eventually… speakers and keyboard backlight needed special stuff) except for suspend or hibernate. After about a week, I gave up and put Monterey on it.
littlecranky67|5 months ago
On that 2014 MBP Retina, I have attached a 4K TV via HDMI. It works in dual-screen, even though I use it with the lid closed in single-screen mode (4k TV only), but only 30Hz are supported (I can run 1080@60). Limitation of the Intel onboard GPU I assume.
You probably have your reasons why you do not want macOS on that system anymore - for me the 2014 MBP fell long out of macOS support and while I had Sonoma with Opencore Legacy Patcher running on it, the OS was just unbearably slow, plus some audio issues (along the fact that with opencore legacy patcher your security is also at risk). So that was a no brainer, because macOS just wasn't an option anymore.
Another word of warning: I had the very same 2019 Intel MBP and it died just a couple of weeks after it fell out of Apple Care. Just turned of right while using, never came back. That series is notorious for having thermal issues, and a friend of mine had the same model dying the same way just a couple of weeks after. Maybe you want to sell it while it still has macOS support (higher prices on the 2nd hand market) and get a different laptop if you are after Linux.
buccal|5 months ago
foxbarrington|5 months ago