For what is worth, last time I encountered compatibility problems wrt Linux on a laptop has been when I was using RedHat 6 or 7 on the cheapest+crappiest Asus l

For what is worth, last time I encountered compatibility problems wrt Linux on a laptop has been when I was using RedHat 6 or 7 on the cheapest+crappiest Asus laptop I could purchase at that time, and had to recompile kernel and gfx drivers at every update. That happened like 22 years ago, and was 100% the laptop's fault, not Linux, which also worked flawlessly on every laptop I installed later on.