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Whoever first brings to market a laptop with Linux that "just works" 100% from the moment you press the on button, is poised to make a lot of money.

That day will probably never arrive, but it's fun to think about.

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It sounds nice in theory, but let's face it, a Linux laptop will not make money. In fact, because it is targeting such a narrow, "know-it-all" segment of the market, it will be nitpicked to death.

- "Trackpad on Macbook Pro is better"

- "LED 1080p screen. Why not IPS 2k screen?"

- "Wanted one but the base config is awful and I'm not paying $____ for 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD"

- "Why aren't they offering next business day support like Dell/HP/etc?"

I've installed Ubuntu on a variety of semi-mondern Dell and HP laptops and generally there is little to no post-install tweaking required save for some preferences I have that Canonical does not, like always showing the damn menu items. To be fair, there are settings on Windows I always change as well, like always showing the file extensions.

As far as hardware problems are concerned the only thing I run into regularly is touchpad palm rejection not working. This is a pain in the ass but it doesn't affect every machine.

I doubt it. There are a lot more problems with Linux as a desktop than having iffy hardware support for laptops.

The Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition ships with Ubuntu and should "just work" 100%

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebo...

*should

My experience is that it does not.

I don't think there's ever been a computer that meets that specification. Maybe the Apollo flight computer?

So, Chromebooks?

Doesn't System76 do that?

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