I'm suffering through the usual problems of setting up a new linux transportable laptop right now. It is an ASUS R900V, and Ubuntu 12.04 currently has problems

I'm suffering through the usual problems of setting up a new linux transportable laptop right now. It is an ASUS R900V, and Ubuntu 12.04 currently has problems with wifi, graphics, and sound! I would love to be able to buy a transportable (large screen 1920x1080, 8GB, fast cpu) for a reasonabl price in Europe, and that is well supported by Ubuntu.