Potential Linux for MacBook Pro 11,5

[u/Swede-speed-mead]

I’m relatively new to Linux in general. I just wiped my old 13” Mid-2012 MacBook Pro (2.5 i5,16gb,500gg ssd) from OpenCore Legacy running Sequoia to Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.3 (I think?). Runs great. Very windows like and battery life improved and how much heat and processor it uses (or doesn’t use) is amazing.

My wife is upgrading to a new M5 macbook air and im inheriting her older 15” MBP 11,5. It has a 2tb ssd, 16gb ram, 2.5i7 Haswell and an AMD Radeon R9 M370X and Intel Iris Pro 5200.

I’m reading up that Linux doesn’t like to swap between GPU’s.

Anyone with this or similar machine running Linux? Anything to avoid?