“ There has been immense interest in this configuration, with it outselling pre-configured systems with Windows 10 by a wide margin.”
There is a market.
There is a market.
Finding if model XX-YYZZ supported linux and then purchasing and installing myself seemed like something I didn't want to do. So having this page from the manufacturer which says these linux distros work and here are the pitfalls is very helpful.
You start to realize the problem is it seems to take a little while for hardware to get supported so linux laptops are always a little behind.