I've run both Opensuse Leap and Nixos with good luck. As someone else mentioned, it really just boils down to the wifi adapter being shit... But that aside, everyrhing else seemed to work well for me with leap and nix.
I use Syncthing to do a similar thing. I jus have Syncthing pointed to nfs mount to my Nas. Any files synced to the folder via Syncthing just end up on my Nas.
+1 for Lenovo. My Gen5 x1 carbon is without question, the single best Linux on a laptop experience I've ever had. Running tumbleweed as my daily driver, fwiw.
My Proxmox cluster has 10+ distros so I can distro hop my heart out. I like bouncing between various distro to stay fresh with package managers... And more specifically the various synax when using various distros
That's awful. I saw the death toll rising, which is terrible in of itself. But to hear what it's climbed to and they've only covered 3%...that's devistating news!!
Best is subjective. As someone who has been using Linux exclusively for over 12 years now, I really don't like pop at all. I've tried it several time over the last couple years and just don't enjoy it.
Preferred daily: Suse tumbleweed with plasma
Secondary choice (and it's a close second): NixOS (not beginner friendly!!)
Beginner recommendation: Mint Cinnamon or Mate.
I'm currently running (and have been for well over a year), an x1 carbon 5th Gen. I daily it for work, running Opensuse tumbleweed.
It's arguably the greatest laptop running Linux experience I've had. I have a 2015 MacBook pro running Opensuse Leap, which is also really good. But the keyboard is far better on the X1C.
Im bouncing between my desk and various buildings all day for work, so I never really stretch the batteries wings. It's good for up to 3 hours (depending on work load) I feel like... But I've not really tested it. I always have the machine with me and could charge it up and put it through its paces this weekend if it would be of interest to you? Obviously this machine has been around awhile, and I'm not even certain of the battery's health.
Edit: Just wanted to add, 10/10, would HIGHLY recommend!
I've run both Opensuse Leap and Nixos with good luck. As someone else mentioned, it really just boils down to the wifi adapter being shit... But that aside, everyrhing else seemed to work well for me with leap and nix.