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Linux laptop suggestions?
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Do matebooks have good Linux support? That is not what I heard, iirc.
Reasonably okay (but maybe don't get the absolute newest model), but not as good as the others which are all excellent. I mostly put them in the list because they've got excellent build quality, good keyboard, trackpad, etc, and a very nice screen. Basically if you want a macbook with linux (for cheaper than a macbook with linux https://asahilinux.org/) they're pretty reasonable. They also support openbsd which is neat https://jcs.org/2021/08/20/matebook
The laptops I listed are in order of preference imo. Framework is definitely in a class of itself, but if they don't ship to your country or something then getting an xps with linux pre-installed is great and then finally as a backup either a thinkpad or matebook.