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I had been looking for an ultrabook for linux not long ago. Here's my experience, I ran Arch on a MacBook Air and it went by okay until the SSD died and I returned it to Apple for a refund (if you buy apple products during the holidays they have a very relaxed return policy). Had a Dell XPS 13 for about 3 days, returned it due some hardware and configuration issues. Borrowed a Toshiba Kirabook for some time, however running Arch on it was, wow, much pain.

I was using a System76 panp5 for sometime before, most System76 laptops are at a great price point for the hardware as compared to many other brands, it got me by but the build quality was poor. Clevo chassis are just generally not good. I decided to downgrade to a netbook and upgrade my linode plan. Depending on your needs, buying a cheap and upgradable Asus/Acer netbook, maxing the RAM and putting in an SSD in, then using linode or the like for any heavy lifting might be something to consider.