Why does Grant have a moustache

Most nights even I can barely see Polaris.

Install the OS first and see if it even affects you. That was one year ago, so it may not even be an issue now.

Since you’re a gamer and like PopOS, I think you’d really enjoy Garuda Linux.

Looks like you need to switch one driver to get full retina graphics going, but here’s how to do that: https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/macbook-pro-10-1-mid-2012-retina-garuda-works-but-one-more/23751/8

Check out Garuda here - I’m betting you’d like the Dragonized Gaming Edition: https://garudalinux.org/downloads.html

Install video here (don’t worry about the German language stuff, your installer would be in English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYsL5J5vVC4

Yes, underneath they are all using a Linux kernel, but the user experience between Gentoo and Mint is radically different. And Fedora is a very different experience from Arch. Or Ubuntu vs Void.

I’ve recommended Zorin to my dad. I would not recommend Slackware to him.

It’s easy to say that Debian-Fedora-Arch are all Linux, but between all of their derivatives and all of the independent distros, there is a vast array of user experiences available.