I'm partial to the X-series. I have an old IBM (pre-Lenovo) Thinkpad x31 and it has served me well for several years. I can't speak to the quality of Lenovos

I'm partial to the X-series. I have an old IBM (pre-Lenovo) Thinkpad x31 and it has served me well for several years. I can't speak to the quality of Lenovos but I've been hearing good things about the X-series. That said, I don't see why you would need a new laptop just for Linux.