If you did a Mimimal install, you'll need: sudo apt install curl git unrar Changing resolutions in the Nvidia control panel, but that just made everything fuzzy.Fractional scaling, but apparently the display can't handle it.That gives me the crisp graphics I want, with all the screen resolution I need, at a font size that isn't too small to see comfortably. I find the default setting of 2880x1800 at 200% scale to be too big.įor me, the sweet spot is to set the scale at 100%, then open Universal Access settings, turn on Large Text, and change the Cursor Size to Medium. I do get the occasional dropout, and it is slow to reconnect when you wake from suspend. The only driver I had to manually install was for the FaceTime camera.

The installer takes about 25 minutes to complete. No big deal, run a software update after the install.

Wifi doesn't work during the install (because it requires a 3rd-party driver), so you won't be able to choose to download updates while installing.

I did a Minimal install, but selected the option to install additional 3rd-party drivers. I'm making this gist public in the hopes that it's helpful to others. These are notes from my efforts to get Ubuntu 20.04 installed on my older MacBook Pro. Ubuntu 20.04 on a 15' Retina MacBook Pro (Mid-2014)

Arch linux macbook pro retina mid 2014