If you're on a small budget, look for older ThinkPad laptops, you can get them for good prices and in good condition and Linux works very well on them.
For mid-range try to find an older Dell XPS 13, they sold those as certified Linux devices nicknamed "Developer Edition" and with an Ubuntu LTS version preinstalled. I have one of those and I run Arch on it. It runs perfectly fine. Also: superb build quality! It's a very great device.
Most common/relevant/larger distros do that at least for the install/live ISO.
The difference between the services in the image and Lemmy is ...
THIS would be Lemmy:
I'm happy with the distribution I use. But I now need something new to suggest to interested users.
Yes. And now Flatpaks the don't like, too.
They derived from Ubuntu to provide a better experience - what they did.
But they now go down the Ubuntu way with dumbing down the interface and holding back and/or hiding software they disagree with.
What Debian did with KeePassX is on a whole other level. They maliciously and intentionally harmed the reputation of upstream.
Too bad they go the Ubuntu route now.
Because whenever AI is mentioned it usually isn't even close to what AI meant.