I setup a Thinkpad X-series with OpenBSD a few months ago and the hardware support was stellar. I researched ahead of time (lots of googling and reading HN and Reddit threads) and it seemed like the OpenBSD devs were using a handful of Thinkpad models so those worked perfectly. I've mostly used it to surf the web (Firefox) and code (Vim).
No one would say it's as seamless as using a Macbook, but being able to tinker with and customize everything has been half the fun.
Is there a good resource for Thinkpads for sale in 2020 that work well with OpenBSD/FreeBSD/linux? A lot of the suggested models I find are from several years ago.
No one would say it's as seamless as using a Macbook, but being able to tinker with and customize everything has been half the fun.