For specific device recommendations, you seem to be particularly interested in making use of Black Friday deals, and thus I’d assume that price is an important factor. Unfortunately, most Linux-first vendors aren’t particularly known for offering great buck for your money. This does make it easier to choose, though.
Sadly yes, budget is important, additionally System76/Framework are out as they don't ship to my location and are quite out of my budget unfortunately and I'd rather not use a shipping agent. Given all the advice that's been given I think the points everyone has made are especially valid and I should wait until more funds are available and purchase a more suitable laptop.
I'm looking at slimbook as they can deliver with EndeavourOS OOB but still will be a harder delivery option but also have more budget options.
I have a Dell Latitude now and it's been great running EndeavourOS but has now developed a hardware issue so I'm searching black Friday for a replacement.
Huawei runs it's own branch of Android since it lost its ability to offer Google services.
In the case you're not paying for "Android" but for the tech, whatever you think about it it's a tech that no-one else is yet doing, least of all Apple which in real terms is still playing catch-up with Android and it's insistance of a walled garden .
Sorry for the late reploy, but this is what my KODI with trakt looks like on opening the app and the movie section is the same.
All widgets are driven by my Trakt account
A lot will also depend on your personal usage. Whilst I agree wholeheartedly that Stremio UX is much better that Kodi, out of the box, the one thing that keeps me with Kodi is the fact that it has far superior Trakt integration.
I will admit that Stremio is getting better it's still a far cry from Kodi with Trakt integration and it's something I rely heavily on.
That said if Trakt is not your thing then Stremio is probably a better option.
Also, if you're using RD either with Kodi or Stremio there's no real need to use a VPN as well as traffic is passed over HTTPS so the ISP only sees that you're connecting to RD not what you're doing.
Sadly yes, budget is important, additionally System76/Framework are out as they don't ship to my location and are quite out of my budget unfortunately and I'd rather not use a shipping agent. Given all the advice that's been given I think the points everyone has made are especially valid and I should wait until more funds are available and purchase a more suitable laptop.
I'm looking at slimbook as they can deliver with EndeavourOS OOB but still will be a harder delivery option but also have more budget options.