At the moment looking at a Dell Venue 11 Pro (7130). Anyone has any experience running linux on it?
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Generally you don't have to worry about installing Linux onto a laptop by any mainstream manufacturers. They're built with well-supported components that would function great with any popular distros. The only problem is not many of the laptops has a touchscreen. So you just find one with a touchscreen.
I have a more expensive linux laptop with a touchscreen, but I think it does make the battery life take a big hit, unlike android or chromeos. If I were to go for a touchscreen device, i might go with the lenovo chromebook duet. Cheap chromebook, great battery life, runs android apps, and you can install a linux subsystem.
+1 to a Chromebook with the Linux VM. I don't know why Chromebooks are so cheap when some of the hardware can be really premium. I got my HP Chromebook X2 2-3 years ago on sale for $330, it's a beautiful machine with a better screen than laptops 3X the cost.
A lot of the reason that you can get a Chromebook for around 100$ is that they don't have to pay for a windows licence like other manufacturers.