Basically any recommendation always has to come with the additional note for rich people: “If you want an optimal experience buy a Tuxedo, System76 or Slimbook Laptop” (that said, Slimbook offers a laptop for as low as 600€). Because even if they screw it up there is a hotline to ask.
For anyone else… well, it has to be an older system. The problem isn’t necessarily Linux, but the lack of hardware vendors supporting it so the community has to do it themselves. However this obviously doesn’t matter for end users, they just want it to work.
tl;dr
Either buy yourself a good experience, or find sth. like a “Linux install party” or hackerspace with regular open days (also often offering said install parties). If you aren’t an expert, do not move to Linux alone since there’s always something unexpected that can happen.
Basically any recommendation always has to come with the additional note for rich people: “If you want an optimal experience buy a Tuxedo, System76 or Slimbook Laptop” (that said, Slimbook offers a laptop for as low as 600€). Because even if they screw it up there is a hotline to ask.
For anyone else… well, it has to be an older system. The problem isn’t necessarily Linux, but the lack of hardware vendors supporting it so the community has to do it themselves. However this obviously doesn’t matter for end users, they just want it to work.
tl;dr Either buy yourself a good experience, or find sth. like a “Linux install party” or hackerspace with regular open days (also often offering said install parties). If you aren’t an expert, do not move to Linux alone since there’s always something unexpected that can happen.