Daily Driver Linux Ultrabook in 2022?

Based on a curated list of today’s Linux friendly offerings

It’s been almost 2 years since I went with a System76 Lemur Pro as my daily driver so it’s about that time when I am looking around for an upgrade. During my time with the Lemur Pro, I was pretty happy with the system specs and there was never really an alternative that had a better fit for my needs:

• Lightweight (under 2.5lbs) for my elderly shoulders
• More than 32GB of RAM
• Secondary NVMe slot for my VMs & random temp backups
• Long lasting battery
• USB-C charging so I can use my GAN charger

My only gripe is the build material of the outer shell which looks and feels a little cheap but how else do you get that sort of lightness right? I also was able to get around the lack of a camera cover/shutter by just buying something like this on Amazon which did the trick. I guess if I had to be nit picky about things, while the keyboard is not bad, it’s not Thinkpad or older Macbooks quality. I would also like it a lot if it had hardware kill switches for the camera and microphone like the Librem 14 but one can only ask for so much?

With the above in mind, I went out to look over what the options are as of today to…