You should also stick to a workstation linux release. I'm a huge fan of OpenSUSE if you just want hardware to work, it has the hands down best hardware support

You should also stick to a workstation linux release. I'm a huge fan of OpenSUSE if you just want hardware to work, it has the hands down best hardware support of any release I've used. The only drawback is every wonky package out there is built for Ubuntu, for example Spotify's linux client. However, if you want a basic system that works, OpenSUSE is the way to go.