I'll admit I haven't tried a laptop designed for Linux compatibility. It's a tempting thought, actually. But, and I realize this may sound absurd to some, I als

I'll admit I haven't tried a laptop designed for Linux compatibility. It's a tempting thought, actually. But, and I realize this may sound absurd to some, I also have some very specific form factor and physical durability requirements for a laptop, namely that it fit into and withstand the stresses of the laptop sleeve built into a Lowepro Flipside 500 camera backpack. Wildlife photography matters to me enough that I'd switch careers if I thought I could make it pay, which is sadly next to impossible. None of the equipment that backpack is built for does me any good if I leave it at home, and some of the best wildlife shots I've ever gotten have been on breaks at work. So a laptop has to be able to ride along, and I've never found anything but a Mac that can do so and still have a good enough spec for the work I do. On the other hand, I expect to be taking on full-remote jobs for the foreseeable future, between my own preferences and the effect of the pandemic on the industry. So maybe I can think about going back to a satchel for carrying work equipment on the likely infrequent occasions when I need to be onsite somewhere, and that would let me relax the "thin and sturdy" requirement that's partly kept me on Macs for a while now. I'll freely admit, there's a lot not to like about the MacOS UI. It would be nice to have a daily driver running KDE again, and not have Emacs be a second-class citizen in the windowing system.