Anecdotal, but my computer "just worked" with Linux (arch). Though I do have prior experience with it.
In general, avoid nvidia and a few ancient wifi cards. Oh, and you will never go wrong with Intel wifi.
In general, avoid nvidia and a few ancient wifi cards. Oh, and you will never go wrong with Intel wifi.
Clearly, Linux doesn't "just work" if you need to avoid the gpus from the biggest maker of GPUs.
People talk about how "Mac OS just works" and you literally haven't been able to use an Nvidia GPU with their OS for years even on desktop rigs like the Mac Pro.
Never had a problem with it since then, but I'm also not trying to live on the cutting edge with Wayland.