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I had one of the first Nvidia Optimus laptops. It was a nightmare on Linux for a while even just trying to get the Nvidia card off (no BIOS option) so it wouldn't drain the battery was difficult let alone using it. I don't even think it was officially supported by Nvidia when they added support because the gen after they changed how Optimus worked?

My laptop after that at least had a BIOS option to disable the Nvidia graphics. I only bought an Nvidia model again because the OEM made a mistake and sold it for hundreds less than the Intel one on their website. Every distro needed me to do something to get the screen brightness keys to work.

WiFi chipsets could also be a hassle though they have gotten much better.

My current laptop, a 2018 MacBook Pro, is basically near unusable as a Linux laptop. By default the trackpad and keyboard don't work and you need someone's kernel patch to use them. You can't currently have both sleep and sound. A bunch of little other gremlins.