I&#x27;d like to see something close to a solution where a fresh install of a common distro just works on the hardware... debian, ubuntu or similar preferred.  It takes enough work to do so... what almost surprises me, is that there hasn&#x27;t been an effort to make Ubuntu work out of the box, fresh after install on a macbook.  There are a lot of macbooks that won&#x27;t be seeing updates, but are more than servicable linux desktops.... I&#x27;d likely change mine over (mid-2014 rMBP) to Ubuntu if the post-install challenges weren&#x27;t quite so daunting... that and Ubuntu seems to have removed the natural scrolling option.