I have linux (ubuntu) running on a couple of Dells (XPS and Latitude) and have not had any trouble. And I also have a Lenovo Thinkpad that it works fine on. The

I have linux (ubuntu) running on a couple of Dells (XPS and Latitude) and have not had any trouble. And I also have a Lenovo Thinkpad that it works fine on. The Lenovo and one of the Dells specifically claimed to support Ubuntu. As long as you check that, I think you should be able to get a successful setup. (Granted, there may always be some advanced thing you're doing that isn't supported. But I had a windows machine - Thinkpad- for work a few years ago, and IT had disabled sleep when it was closed, so I'd carry it in my backpack and would find it red hot because it was still running full blast in there. When I asked IT, they said they had disabled sleep because it crashes the computers. All that to say, windows has its quirks too)