I agree with you on hardware. If you’re going to switch, do it good and do some decent research on hardware.

I’ve been in the process of switching from macOS to Linux for a few months and chose a Dell XPS 15 and Pop!_OS, which turned out to be both excellent choices.

Everything worked out of the box and I can’t imagine going back. If you’re interested, it’s all described here:

https://medium.com/@w0u7/an-apple-for-a-penguin-a44464a3306b