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What distro to choose in parallel to steamos
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this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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Since you're a gamer and like PopOS, I think you'd really enjoy Garuda Linux.
Looks like you need to switch one driver to get full retina graphics going, but here's how to do that: https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/macbook-pro-10-1-mid-2012-retina-garuda-works-but-one-more/23751/8
Check out Garuda here - I'm betting you'd like the Dragonized Gaming Edition: https://garudalinux.org/downloads.html
Install video here (don't worry about the German language stuff, your installer would be in English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYsL5J5vVC4
The comment about the driver to support retina screens is appreciated, that's the kind of thing that could make me go around in circle for too long. I'll check it out thanks!
Install the OS first and see if it even affects you. That was one year ago, so it may not even be an issue now.