I don't know some laptops by name, but look for: -Intel GPU in CPU (No firmware required/works even without) -Or AMD GPU, Nvidia is not that linux-friendly. A

I don't know some laptops by name, but look for: -Intel GPU in CPU (No firmware required/works even without) -Or AMD GPU, Nvidia is not that linux-friendly. AMD GPU requires firmware-amd-graphics on debian -Realtek wifi (I heard a lot of bad things about Broadcom). Requires firmware-realtek on debian