The Macbook M2 Air running Asahi Linux is easily my favorite Linux laptop ever, far superior to any Thinkpad or Dell XPS I've owned, imo. I think things like Thunderbolt and some DisplayPort features are missing, but I have never needed this as it is purely a laptop for me. But it has everything else I could want: suspend/sleep, proper frequency scaling, great GPU drivers, USB/wifi/bluetooth, speakers, brightness/keyboard settings, etc. The webcam works I think but I haven't tried it. The battery life is great, though macOS is still quite a ways ahead in that department.

> "Some DisplayPort"? There's still no HDMI/video out on the M2 air under Linux? No Ethernet 1 or 10gps?

I'd advise buying a MacBook air m1 over an m2 if the goal is to run Linux...

https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/m2/