I've owned a few Acer laptops over the years. Linux runs well on them. They don't run Linux perfectly but nor would they be perfect under windows. Anything as complex as a laptop will run into software v. hardware issues from time to time. If you want seamlessness, pay up for an Apple. If you aren't rich, buy a generic laptop, install linux from a thumbdrive, and be ready to occasionally fix things. Don't buy some weird Chinese machine with an esoteric multi-CPU setup with a third LCD screen built into trackpad and a keyboard that shoots RGB lasers. If you get the most common laptop in your price range from Amazon then there is a 99% chance that it will run linux about as perfectly as it will run windows.
To add to the point of not getting a too unique laptop, it's also important not to get too fringe a Linux distro. I've had Kubuntu on my Acer laptop for ages and experienced practically no issues at all.
Ubuntu's official web page has a list of verified laptops running a given version of Ubuntu as well, possibly worth giving a look.
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I've owned a few Acer laptops over the years. Linux runs well on them. They don't run Linux perfectly but nor would they be perfect under windows. Anything as complex as a laptop will run into software v. hardware issues from time to time. If you want seamlessness, pay up for an Apple. If you aren't rich, buy a generic laptop, install linux from a thumbdrive, and be ready to occasionally fix things. Don't buy some weird Chinese machine with an esoteric multi-CPU setup with a third LCD screen built into trackpad and a keyboard that shoots RGB lasers. If you get the most common laptop in your price range from Amazon then there is a 99% chance that it will run linux about as perfectly as it will run windows.
This is good advice in general, but the Asus screenpad does work in Linux and it's extremely cool. Shows up just like a normal display!
To add to the point of not getting a too unique laptop, it's also important not to get too fringe a Linux distro. I've had Kubuntu on my Acer laptop for ages and experienced practically no issues at all.
Ubuntu's official web page has a list of verified laptops running a given version of Ubuntu as well, possibly worth giving a look.