I've been wiping windows since 2015, before that I did dual boot. In part the gaming support has improved. I don't know if it's possible to give an answer to

I've been wiping windows since 2015, before that I did dual boot. In part the gaming support has improved. I don't know if it's possible to give an answer to "most linux laptop users". Nowadays you can find very detailed compatibility for arch on the arch wiki. There are some footguns like s3 sleep. It's better documented and many laptops will do pretty well.