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My advice: for less drama, stick to ones with Intel graphics only. I've seen people have great luck with the Thinkpad T and X series and Dell XPS 13.

I use a Dell XPS 15 with a Dell TB16 dock but I'm not sure I would recommend this configuration to everyone: The machine and dock are very picky about what kernel I run, and I can't get the combo working correctly with suspend/resume on Ubuntu 18.04 (sticking with 17.10+kernel 4.15.18 for now). WiFi also needs to be manually reconnected every hour or so.

The laptops I see most often mentioned as competitors to the MBP are

Lenovo X1 Carbon

Dell XPS 13 (inc. the developer edition which ships with Linux)

HP Elitebook 840

Thinkpads are #1. System76 and the XPS 13s are also a hit.

There’s been a half-dozen LVFS / System76 drama threads[1] in the past week alone. Despite whatever your feelings are on BIOS, the general consensuous from S76 owners are the laptops aren’t that great.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17037845

It's a newer thing on our team for sure. Time will tell if System76 are a good choice.