Warning: If you're not going to keep MacOS, either back up the EFI System Partition (and restore its contents to the new ESP after installation) or leave it intact (i.e. If you also want to have a Windows partition, see this comment below. If you want to keep your MacOS installation (generally a good idea if you can afford the disk space, because that's the only way to get/install firmware updates), then first boot into MacOS and resize the partition there, creating a new partition for the Linux installation.

Audio (two cards show up, and intel driver is loaded, but no sound).

Suspend/Resume (works partially on 13,3 models).

WiFi on ,2 and ,3 models (though some folks have had success with some of the workarounds).

Keyboard, touchpad, and basic touchbar functionality.

Recognizes disk on all models (older kernels may need patch for some models, though).

Note: For those who have followed these instructions ealier, and in particular for those who have had problems with the custom DSDT, modifying the DSDT is not necessary anymore - see the updated instructions below and make sure to update your clone of the roadrunner2/macbook12-spi-driver repo to get the latest drivers. And for Ubuntu users there are a couple tutorials ( here and here) focused on that distro and the MacBook.

The state of linux on the MBP (with particular focus on MacBookPro13,2) is also being tracked on. The kernel version is 4.14.x (after latest update).

I'm currently using Fedora 27, but most the things should be valid for other recent distros even if the details differ. This is about documenting getting Linux running on the late 2016 and mid 2017 MPB's the focus is mostly on the MacBookPro13,3 and MacBookPro14,3 (15inch models), but I try to make it relevant and provide information for MacBookPro13,1, MacBookPro13,2, MacBookPro14,1, and MacBookPro14,2 (13inch models) too.

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