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The Macbook Pro is a laptop in the MacBook family. Use this tag if you have problems installing or using Ubuntu on the MacBook Pro.

The MacBook Pro is a family of the Macbook family. First sold and manufactured by Apple Inc in 2006, it comes with a 13, 15, or 17 inch screen.

A third generation was released on October 23, 2012. As with the 15-inch, it includes a Retina display.

Additional Information about Ubuntu on the Macbook Pro can be found on the Ubuntu Wiki.

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Is it possible to install Ubuntu on a 2006 macbook pro?

I've found a lot of helpful information on running Ubuntu on a Macbook Pro from 2006. This is the 1.1 macbook pro, and I can't see any tutorials that use a Macbook Pro this old. I have installed refit and burned my start up disk, but I have had a…
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How should I install Ubuntu on a MacBook Pro from 2014?

A friend of mine has a MacBook Pro from 2014 that has a completely screwed-up, non-running Mac OS system. She is tired of it and wants me to install Ubuntu instead of it. I've got the image of Ubuntu on a USB stick and am trying to get the MacBook…
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Installing Ubuntu on MacBook Pro 11.2/11.3

Has anyone successfully installed Ubuntu on the new MacBook Pro (late-2013)? If not, what issues have you had? If so, did you use a tutorial, which one?
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Purple screen when installing Ubuntu 20.04 on late 2008 MacBook Pro 15"

A few months ago I tried to dual boot Ubuntu 20.04 and MacOS on 15" late 2008 MacBook Pro, and each time the installation finished and I rebooted, I got stuck on a purple screen, after trying a few times I discovered that if I do a minimal install…
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Macbook Gestures 3-finger drag

How do I add the apple gestures such as three finger drag? I have tried fusuma but they do not input how to add 3-finger drag only how to add gestures that activate commands when the gestures are used. The 3-finger drag is useful for a lot of my…
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Problems Installing Ubuntu on old MacBook Pro

I am trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 on an old MacBook Pro 2.1 but am struggling. Firstly, the CD ROM seems pretty flakey and doesn’t appear to be working. I then tried to install it via a bootable USB stick using rEFInd (as the option to boot from…
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How get 14.04 LTS to recognise camera on a Macbook Pro

I've completely removed OS-X and installed 14.04. Everything else works fine but the camera is not recognized and does not appear anywhere in the System Settings menus. Is there a switch to be thrown? Thanks. The Model is A1278 …
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Macbook Pro 7.1 Ubuntu 11.10

Ive just installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my macbook pro 7.1. There are a few things that I cant get to work correctly. The first is the temperature control. The fans don't seem to run at all and my Macbook pro gets really hot and sluggish. Secondly is the…
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Dialog boxes not appearing

I just installed Ubuntu 18 on my old 2012 Macbook pro, everything works fine, except for that the standard dialog boxes does not appear, like "Save as" from Libreoffice, or open file from any Chrome web page to upload something. The dialog box is…
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Using Linux Ubuntu 16.04 on Macbook Pro 2016

Current Specs: Macbook Pro 2016 Touch Bar 15" 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz, with 6MB shared L3 cache 16GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory Radeon Pro 450 with 2GB of GDDR5 memory and automatic graphics switching Intel…
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Early 2006 macbook pro. Core duo

I have a early 06 macbook pro. My osx crashed on me a few days ago after installing firefox. Dnow it freezes right before login. So I figure it is time to make it a Linux machine. Any specific steps for installing on an original macbook pro?
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Booting Ubuntu On Live USB Gives Black Screen after GRUB

I just installed Ubuntu 14.04.01 onto a 8GB USB stick using Universal USB installer just like it said on the website for windows. Once that had finished installing it onto the USB stick I rebooted my laptop and then booted onto the USB stick. It…
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Compatibility between ubuntu and new MacBook Pro 15' with retina

I've a problem with my new MacBook Pro 15' with retina,I need to install in a partition Linux to work. I had try to install ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04, anytime the installation was concluded successfully,but starting ubuntu nothing happens. So,I would…
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How to make Suspend and Hibernate work on MacBookPro 5,4?

A several months ago I got a MacBokPro and was glad to find out a clear documentation for installing Ubuntu on it. Installing ubuntu was easy, but the Suspend and Hibernate options are not working and I can find a solution for it. It is a real…
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MacBook Pro 3.1 german keyboard with Ubuntu 12.4 (@ and € keys)

How can I with Ubuntu 12.4 type characters like @ or € with my MacBook Pro 3.1 german keyboard?
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