Are there Linuxes for Macbooks?

[printz]

Are there versions of whatever GNU/Linux systems that have been tweaked to work best on MacBook? By that I mean:
- use Command key for most GUI commands
- support smooth trackpad scrolling as opposed to regular mouse wheel stepwise kind. Support whatever trackpad gestures can be accessed (unless Apple made the trackpad interface proprietary as hell).

 

[ConCat]

The best support you're going to get is from Ubuntu. No other distro is as well maintained, and certainly none are as popular.

 

[~~Hello~~]

What about fedora? You can't say that isn't well maintained.

 

[Shelltoe]

Depends on your MacBook. As far as I know ArchLinux has the best support for Macbook Pro Retina including graphics switching. Ubuntu should have included most patches in their current release though.

 

[stchman]

I run Ubuntu 12.04 on my MBA using Virtualbox. Ubuntu runs very well under Virtualbox.

 

[Renzatic]

There's also Linux Mint, which is built off the current Ubuntu releases. From what I understand, it's currently the most popular distro since Canonical went with the Unity UI.

 

[printz]

The best support you're going to get is from Ubuntu. No other distro is as well maintained, and certainly none are as popular.

I'd guess that the Unity desktop environment would fit better with the Mac keyboard, seeing that the interface looks so much like Leopard.

 

[oldhifi]

Linux Mint is the best out there now..go to Distrowatch.com and check them out..

 

[duervo]

Agree with Linux Mint. Unity has pushed me far away from Ubuntu for now.

Linux Mint with Cinnamon desktop is the one that I like best at the moment.