In my experience, almost all of your Linux woes could be fixed by using older, less “ultrabook”-like hardware. Once you move away from Electron applications and

In my experience, almost all of your Linux woes could be fixed by using older, less “ultrabook”-like hardware. Once you move away from Electron applications and IDEs (if you have the option to, of course), brand-new hardware doesn’t feel that different from a much older laptop with a fresh SSD. My rule of thumb for laptops when you have an OS in mind: choose what the developers use. I run OpenBSD, so since I know that the OpenBSD developers use old ThinkPads, I get the best experience on an oldish ThinkPad. Suspend/resume and the trackpad (even gestures) work out of the box, without configuration, every time.