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"Also, the main problem with linux on laptops are still drivers." No they really are not.

• lukan 2y ago
  So you are saying, that there are worse problems, or are you saying my driver issues just happen in my imagination?
  • Krutonium 2y ago
    Your driver issues are the minority. Most people won't have them.
    • weirdal3333 2y ago
      I installed Linux Mint on samsung 500c chromebook, 3 thinkpads, 2 optiplexes, an old gateway, an old lenovo ideapad, a new lenovo yoga, one of those weird Dell laptops, an x64 tablet, in a VM on my phone... All of them, including the thinkpads with the weird hybrid GPUs, worked out of the box with 0 immediate issues. For the thinkpads, I did all the updates and chose the proprietary Nvidia drivers, rebooted, and... Yup, no issues, the drivers work fine, I can switch power profiles and over/underclock the GPUs without any issues and without any extra software. Keyboard backlights work fine. Camera works fine. I can set up the fingerprint sensor to do fancy things like output the fingerprint to a png. WiFi has no issues. I think most of the naysayers think it's still 2014 when these things were actually an issue.
      • lukan 2y ago
        Well, I installed Linux on 2 Asus, 2 HP, 1 Acer, 1 Dell Laptop. And tried out, Ubuntu (Lubuntu), Manjaro, EndeavourOS, Mint and now Fedora. None of the laptops worked stable, like my chromebooks do. I do close and open and resume a lot, maybe your use case is more stationary? Mine is mobile - and I gladly take recommendations for reliable lightweight linux laptops (with touchscreen).