I'm interested in forum members' experience with installing Linux on laptops sole boot from 2010 onwards.

I've been helping people convert from Windows to Linux on their old laptops. I'm not doing dual boot...I'm simply wiping the original OS. I've focused on HP laptops until now, as I've never had any problems converting an HP laptop. Which brands, IN YOUR OPINION, are accommodating and which are a hassle? I'm not so interested in specific models, but brands.

Around here all HP laptops/netbooks and Motile laptops (Walmart Brand) have converted (wipe Windows, install Linux) just fine. That's been my experience to date.

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Generally, you will likely have the best results with Intel inside. Broadcom and RealTek wireless and NVidia graphics can add complications.

Most of the long-time members of my LUG favor Lenovos (but not the Yogas). It's been a while, but I had good luck with Dells (I've been lucky enough to use only native Linux machines the past few years). The only wrinkle was having to install Broadcom drivers, as Dell tended to favor Broadcom wireless.

Just my two cents.

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Like the Lenovos for being able to take everything apart and replace. Download full service manuals a.o.

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These are good answers. Very informative!

I've had fantastic experiences with Dell Latitudes and Lenovo Thinkpads.

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Dell XPS. They use UEFI for booting, but it's fully customisable. They'll happily boot Linux, and their hardware is fully supported by Linux.

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Never had a machine I couldn't make work - some were just a bit more involved. I've deliberately avoided Lenovo given some of their past antics; surprised so many positive reactions in this thread.

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Thanks everyone.

I've been lucky with two refurbished Thinkpads (T410 & X200). Both running Slackware-current, no problems.

I'm running Mint 20.3 on my 2017-vintage Lenovo box with no issues right now. It had Win10 Pro when I first bought it, but that went away quickly.

It's also installed on my HP laptop from the same year, as well as inside a 2012 Mac (which is not upgradable, declared EOL by crApple) via VirtualBox. I also have Slackware64-current on a 2012-vintage HP laptop, which has run Slackware for close to a decade (it had Win7 originally).

I haven't used a PC, either at home or at work, that couldn't run one Linux distro or another for at least a decade. There used to be issues with some machines 20 years ago -- Toshiba was a major one, IIRC -- but I believe that's long past. Video drivers, notably NVIDIA, were a major issue at one time.

I am running Slackware64-current on an Acer Aspire E14

Dell Precision & Lenovo Thinkpad mobile workstations have always been a good linux bet for me. HP bios can sometimes be a little problematic.Some people suspect lenovo of putting in backdoors for the PR of China gov't. But, there are so many hardware security holes that could be exploited by any major player cropping up today that I don't consider avoiding lenovo in particular a useful action.

I own a Dell Inspiron ultrabook of 2015 with an i5 CPU and dual (Intel/Radeon) GPUs. It had have Ubuntu pre-installed. I've used Debian, then tried Mint, and now I use LMDE. All of them work(ed) fine.

I have an Acer Swift, wiped windoze and installed current. Everyting works with the exception of the finger print reader. There is no driver for linux for the device. I don't mind using passwords for logging in.

You could look at linux-on-laptops.com for information on what oters have tried, what works and what doesn't.