I’m pretty sure the MNT Reform is the closest thing we got to a laptop built on open hardware.

Unfortunately, it is pretty chunky 😅. Thankfully, their upcoming MNT Reform Next has become production-ready recently. So, that’s pretty lovely if you’re willing to be patient.

As noted by others, I’m pretty sure many different solutions exist. But, FWIW, I’ve had good results with DwarFS.

I’m pretty sure it does; as secureblue, an immutable atomic distro that’s hardened by default, required this commit to mitigate it once and for all.

While Bazzite and its atomic brethren do provide some additional protection against attacks, it’s often very overstated 😅. Hence, it’s unsurprising that it doesn’t provide any defense against this assault.

It just so happens to be that Linux is the easiest to make secure

Could you back that up? Thanks in advance!

Unfortunately, I can’t really comment about that specific device. Regardless, I’d reckon the following is worth noting:

• ThinkPads (and to a lesser extent the Dell’s Precision/Latitude line of devices) are (generally-speaking) the best supported laptops on Linux. We can e.g. see this when software like TLP has exclusive features to ThinkPads-only.
• Linux-specific vendors like NovaCustom, Star Labs, System76 and TUXEDO are cool. But, they have to do a lot to catch-up. Some of them don’t even have an entry within ArchWiki’s entry on laptops.
• While not a Linux-first vendor (at least initially), Framework has been picking up a lot of steam. Definitely deserving a mention alongside the others.

Anecdotally, I’ve moved from HP to ThinkPad and there’s a very clear difference. To name one of my many frustrations with HP, my battery died every year or so on Linux. That’s just ridiculous. By contrast, the experience on ThinkPad has been absolutely glorious. It’s clearly meant to offer a first-class Linux experience.