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Don't get a Lenovo yoga they kinda suck
Not sure about the ThinkPad yogas, only used a non -thinkpad one but I'm sure someone will chime in
From what I hear, ironically enough the surface pros are pretty good for Linux
I had a surface pro 4 with Linux for several years. The install process is a bit annoying since you need to get the custom surface kernel but other than that it worked great. I had a lot of issues with the hardware (unrelated to Linux), but I've heard that it has gotten better with the newer versions
I happen to own one of the Thinkpad Yogas.
Both are entirely different product lines. Unless something changed in recent years. I like mine. And I've seen the ones without the ThinkPad branding in a store. They're cheap. But that's about it.
Surface pros work, but they're not ideal for linux. Expect struggle during the installation, and be aware some parts of the hardware won't work.
You are right. On an university install event I installed fedora on a fairly recent model of it with secure boot and everything. As I have heard it works really well.