If you aren't buying a notebook for Linux intending to have to fight with it to work right, then DON'T buy a Windows computer and complain it isn't a good Linux one.
Instead, just buy from system76 https://www.system76.com/ or Thinkpenguin https://www.thinkpenguin.com/ or you can get something like that Dell Developer notebook. A lot of OEM manufacturers are starting to either support Linux preinstalled or will provide support information on product pages. You know, laptops that already come with Ubuntu so you know the retailors make sure that the power management works right, all the ports work, gpu switching works, etc. That is a linux notebook, not the newest Lenovo that was never tested to run Linux and has no support.
I see they (system76) added a model without an optical drive. Good for them. Though I see they still sell models with one. What is the reasoning behind that today, or anytime in the past couple years, is beyond me.
Edit: Same goes for the other manufacturer.
I understand there are people that will buy this, or OpenMoko, or anything like that.. but most of us are not ready to sacrifice basic needs just because we want to use Linux. (Not saying we need to, just as a response to suggestion to buy this kind of hardware)
> I understand there are people that will buy this, or OpenMoko, or anything like that.. but most of us are not ready to sacrifice basic needs just because we want to use Linux. (Not saying we need to, just as a response to suggestion to buy this kind of hardware)
What "basic needs" are you sacrificing on these notebooks?
If you aren't buying a notebook for Linux intending to have to fight with it to work right, then DON'T buy a Windows computer and complain it isn't a good Linux one.
Instead, just buy from system76 https://www.system76.com/ or Thinkpenguin https://www.thinkpenguin.com/ or you can get something like that Dell Developer notebook. A lot of OEM manufacturers are starting to either support Linux preinstalled or will provide support information on product pages. You know, laptops that already come with Ubuntu so you know the retailors make sure that the power management works right, all the ports work, gpu switching works, etc. That is a linux notebook, not the newest Lenovo that was never tested to run Linux and has no support.