How much battery life do you need as minimum?
Do you need a discrete gpu? Nvidia or amd?
Screen's inches? Fullhd is enough or do you need 4k?
Is it important for you that hw parts are easily replaceable?
Budget?
- The screen can be full hd or 4k is fine.
- With regards to the GPU intel integrated is totally fine.
- Min 5 hours battery life
What distro?
Do you need virtualization?
Are you looking to just have access to bash and unix-like tools?
Windows and Chromebooks fill most of my software needs for Linux... I push whatever else to a cloud, or switch to a more dedicated tower/rig for horsepower.