mbp-ubuntu-kernel VS linux-t2-arch

Download the .deb files from here (try the “alt” ones first) https://github.com/marcosfad/mbp-ubuntu-kernel/releases/tag/v5.7.19 and use sudo apt install FILENAMEHERE.deb.

You can use the mbp-ubuntu kernel, although it has not yet been updated with newer patches that are in mbp-arch, but you can build a kernel with those parches as described here. That keyboard/trackpad driver, apple-bce, is not in the main kernel yet. There are instructions for installing it as a dkms module here. In general, the t2linux wiki and the t2 linux discord server (linked to in the wiki a lot) are where the most up to date info on running linux on t2 macs is.

You’ll need to install an efi bootloader, i.e. grub, on a fat32 partition. If there’s an efi system partition on your external drive, then use that You probably will also want this patched kernel and keyboard trackpad audio and touchbar drivers, as described here.

If I remember correctly on my 2019 13” everything was working quite well except for the audio which would only output to the speakers and the wifi/Bluetooth not working. Battery was fine for me I can’t remember having to charge it more often than usual. Ubuntu on Touchbar Mac

have a look at https://wiki.t2linux.org for instructions on getting linux on those macs. If you want popos, install it with an external keyboard, then install the mbp ubuntu kernel https://github.com/marcosfad/mbp-ubuntu-kernel , and the apple-bce dkms module (look at the dkms page on that wiki). For wifi, you’ll need a different kernel as your macbook came with macos catalina (the wifi firmware format changed). You can try this debian package which I compiled but i don’t have a debian system to see if it installs properly