[bobuk]

Honestly, the whole support of Iris Xe in modern linux is terrible painful. You have to carefully pick right kernel number and always use "disable Panel Self Refresh". And after that you have to stick to this exact kernel because "don't touch it while it works" even for Ubuntu now.

[pxc]

Intel gets credit for their drivers being open-source but IME their drivers are also plain bad. WiFi drivers disconnect you to scan, graphics drivers seem very poorly tested so depending on what acceleration profile you use, you get weird artifacts and other stability problems... I strongly prefer Atheros for WiFi and AMD for graphics, wherever possible.