Ask HN: What's the Best Non-Apple Web Dev Computer?

My last two computers over the last 10 years were both macbook airs and did their job gloriously. I've just bought the new 2018 model with 16GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage for $1,800. I'm a week in and the fans get just as loud as my previous 5.5 year old 2013 model and the chasis gets even hotter when having a video call. The front end camera is terrible quality and all of these seem to be known issues.

My question: what is the best alternative? I've heard the MBP has similar heat issues and the touch bar is a waste imo. I've tried the 2nd gen chrome pixelbook and it worked with ubuntu crouton but it wasn't a great experience. I work with linux servers sometimes but would rather not do too much manual configuration. I do mostly web development with occasional design work in the adobe suite. I'm in the command line a lot (not VIM) but also various IDEs and webcam calls. I am doing more software dev that requires compiling and very occasionally do video editing. I use an iPhone, mostly because iMessage is where my friends live. chrome, vscode, 1password, spotify, slack, keybase, zoom and plex are my most used apps.

TLDR: What machine & OS would be best suited to a long time mac user with medium to high processing requirements and a soft spot for good design but ready to move away from Apple?