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Idk if the series is still going strong but my old HP EliteBook 840 G1 was quite impressive with Linux support.
I have a Dell Latitude 5420 and while it's probably not "the best", it's very decent. I'm happy with it. Battery life is ok and everything works. Both HDMI and usb-c ports are options for external displays. USB-C for charging which will hopefully hold up long term (maybe that's a weak point that I'm dreading, don't know yet.)
The one with the best hardware. As Linux runs any laptop I happen to be buying without any glitch.
Ha I wonder about that. How many laptops have you bought, over what timespan? What versions/variations of Linux have you run? What are your use cases? I put Linux Mint (Cinnamon) on a Lenovo Legion 5. It's really pretty good, but has glitches. With Cinnamon (X11 + GNOME) there's weird issues with fractional scaling. (1080p laptop; I have bad eyesight and prefer 125%.) Added KDE Plasma 5 which fixed the scaling issue,…
Started with Lenovo. Second one was MSI. And now have moved to cheaper ones as Linux, at least Fedora, runs on anything I buy.
With the superfish fiasco first they insisted there wasn't any risk: “We have thoroughly investigated this technology and do not find any evidence to substantiate security concerns,” (https://www.techshout.com/lenovo-denies-accusations-that-its...)
Then once they were forced to admit the truth they released uninstall instructions that still left the systems vulnerable giving users a false sense of security. After security researchers started making headlines about their flawed removal instructions the company released updated instructions that actually removed the vulnerability they introduced. (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/20/lenovo-ap...)
Other security issues that never should have happened include multiple hardcoded passwords (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lenovos-finge... and https://www.pcworld.com/article/419336/lenovo-fixes-hard-cod...) and shipping machines with crapware that was designed to send data back to Lenovo but also introduced a vulnerability and worse was stored in UEFI so that even after reinstalling the OS your machine just reinfects itself. (https://www.pcworld.com/article/422988/lenovos-service-engin...)
see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo#Security_and_privacy_in...
Who cares how good their compatibility with linux is if you can't trust the hardware its running on?
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I would like to know as well. UTM isn't great at the moment
Parallels. I use an Ubuntu VM via Parallels on a Mac Studio M1 Max and the performance feels native.
There's no qemu equivalent on mac I don't think.
That being said I ended up uninstalling Linux for Windows because Linux turned out to be a big pain and had too many dealbreakers for me (no two-finger swipe back/forward navigation, couldn't connect Airpod Pro headphones with microphone, too much hassle to do basic everyday stuff). I know Windows isn't ideal, but with Windows Subsystem for Linux you still get your Linux terminal.
Amazing value for money (In general, if you go for a distro like Debian or Ubuntu I don’t think you can go wrong with a Lenovo that’s been out for a few years.