I recently bought an S23 after owning 2 pixels and a nexus. So far, I’m loving the experience much more, funny enough because of the things people call bloatware. Maybe it’s because I play lots of games.

The sidebar shortcuts a super useful, the lockscreen customizations remind me of old android before google went all apple, and dex is great for multitasking.

The only thing that’s a bit annoying is bixby, but i simply installed google assistant alongside it.

I’ve installed Linux on two Windows laptops:

• A 2019 Lenovo Yoga with an Intel CPU and Nvidia GPU. Kubuntu worked without any issue, aside from the Nvidia drivers being finicky. It also has a touchscreen with pen support, which works really well.
• A 2022 Asus Vivobook with an AMD CPU. Tried Fedora for this one and had tons of driver issues at first, but they eventually got patched.

So, I’d say that buying a Windows laptop and installing Linux on it is certainly viable, as long as you’re ready to do some amount of troubleshooting or waiting for driver updates. Oh, and keeping the Windows partition somehow (dual booting or w/e) can be handy for firmware updates.

Armored core 6! I’ve been waiting ages for a new installment. I’m so hyped for it that I took some vacation days for it.