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What distro works well for a 2012 Macbook Pro?
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Gnome is the only desktop that is closest to how macos works, looks and feels. It also has the best touchpad gestures.
I've used Ubuntu and Fedora on my 2014 MB Pro and they worked great. I would lean towards Ubuntu because they customise Gnome nicely and getting software is just easier on Ubuntu.
It's easier to find a deb than an rpm in my experience for the few times there may be an app you want but isn't in the repo.