Comment by eulers_secret
4 years ago
System 76 makes a nice looking thin/light 14" laptop (Lemur pro).
Dell's XPS 13 line has Linux support (the Dev Edition comes with Ubuntu), I bought one of these and it's great. Only big problem was thermald/RAPL would keep the SOC at 15W after a very short 'boost' - updating to master fixed this problem... but Linux still requires 'tweaking'.
Another example: sleep on the XPS is not S3, but S2Idle - so it uses extra power when sleeping (A compromise so it wakes up faster). This can be fixed with some tweaking, if desired.
I've also heard good things about Lenovo laptops running Linux.
I'd check the archwiki (even if you don't want to run arch) for any laptop you're considering. There's good advice in the articles.
If I had to buy again, I'd look closer at what S76 offers. I really liked my old Chromebook Pixel 1 because of its open firmware (after I re-flashed) and excellent Linux support. I wish I had looked closer at S76, honestly.
I always wanted to have a Thinkpad but couldn't afford it - finally bought X1 Extreme Gen 2 and put Pop_OS! (System76's distribution built on top of Ubuntu) on it. Everything including fingerprint scanner works; I once had it hang when resuming from suspend but I mostly don't use sleep/suspend so wasn't too bothered. If you buy the laptop from System76, I would assume everything would basically just work since they are configuring everything.