Best Windows / Linux Laptop?

[airismything]

Just realized that some laptops don't run linux very well or so I've heard, was wondering what are the best that money can buy that can both run Windows and Linux smooth. Preferably an AMD processor and a graphics card would be very nice but optional  

[svmlegacy]

Usually linux runs better than windows, in my experience.

[airismything]

1 minute ago, svmlegacy said:

Usually linux runs better than windows, in my experience.

Saw some laptops that experience some problems such as audio not working on Linux so kinda concerned

[Windows7ge]

My new (to me) Lenovo A485 runs both Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS quite well. I haven't come across anything yet that doesn't work while running Ubuntu that does on Windows.

 

Except while setting Time Zones. Ubuntu keeps setting the clock + or - 4 hours and it confuses Windows whenever I switch.

[svmlegacy]

7 minutes ago, airismything said:

Saw some laptops that experience some problems such as audio not working on Linux so kinda concerned

I've never come across that yet, but I also don't get the chance to install linux on new laptops often.

 

Just now, Windows7ge said:

My new (to me) Lenovo A485 runs both Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS quite well. I haven't come across anything yet that doesn't work while running Ubuntu that does on Windows.

 

Except while setting Time Zones. Ubuntu keeps setting the clock + or - 4 hours and it confuses Windows whenever I switch.

Linux kernel by default sets hardware clock to UTC, while Windows defaults to local time. This can be changed in both OS's, so set them to match.

 

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/System_time#Time_standard

[Windows7ge]

4 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

Linux kernel by default sets hardware clock to UTC, while Windows defaults to local time. This can be changed in both OS's, so set them to match.

 

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/System_time#Time_standard

Huh...I will have to try this out. It might be the fix. I already set my time zone on both but if Ubuntu is doing something wonky with UTC then that is likely the issue.