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Are you aware that you can install a Linux distribution on just about any hardware? System76 are OK, I've never been wowed by them. Realistically, I would just go with a Thinkpad, unbeatable keyboard and great build quality (though lately Lenovo has been messing up on both of those)

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Yes, I am aware of that. I am talking about things just working out of the box. It depends on which linux distro you use. I am not talking about just installing linux here.

There are choices - Fedora, Ubuntu, Mint, OpenSuse etc. and each distribution differs in user interface and the hardware support (graphic cards/wifi/bluetooth etc.). So far, Ubuntu seems to have a slight upper hand on hardware compatibility.

I'd prefer vendors that care about Linux and will fix firmware bugs etc that affect them.

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