[SassyThrowaway]

> Check if your hardware supports your OS before you buy it. Guess what? Then it all works great. What a waste of time.

Say, I am buying Thinkpad T480s and Thinkpad X1 (2018). What would you suggest that I check?

[shadowgovt]

In this scenario, the fact that Lenovo will sell you a Thinkpad X1 with Linux pre-installed shows there is a solution (how easy it is to get to that solution on your own without just buying one pre-configured from them may be an exercise for the reader). https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadx1/x...