Agreed. So many things breaking are to do with the binary dgpu drivers, that issue goes away with intel.

I've been running ubuntuMATE for years on my t450s. It is remarkably boring. The only things that don't work for me is the fingerprint reader and docking/undocking can be funny if done hot.

Docking just works on my Neon on Dell E74-something setup.

This is a System76 laptop which only puts Linux on their laptops, so it's specifically designed for it. The two mDP connectors are only connected to the Nvidia chip, so maybe the Intel IGP isn't powerful enough to drive 3 4k monitors at a time (4k internal, 2x 4k external).

If you bought a laptop which came with Linux, why did you fight battles with GPU and hybernation? It is supposed to be supported, so let the vendor solve the issues. Or return the computer, if they can't. That's exactly where the vendors' value proposition comes from, have them earn their money.

But.. if you want to game and/or do stuff like games programming, video rendering etc you kind of want discrete graphics.

If you want to do any of those things, Linux is already so niche that you probably know what you're getting yourself into.

But for most people, the discrete graphics option is easier and more stable, but counter-intuitive - usually more power is better. So worth mentioning.

Or use one that are supported by the open-source amdgpu drivers. Those have been pretty good.