GlenTheFrog
Maybe look into a used Thinkpad P series? They run Linux well, are typically more affordable than a new laptop which will definitely be 1K upwards, and have a 16 inch screen
FOSS Not-Chromium based Ublock origin Sane Ctrl+tab
Installed from F-Droid. I still see it here
JasperRLZ and Displaced gamers g game the ideas and concepts about programming video games really interesting
Interesting how there’s so many answers here, but no mention of the one I came here for (and I thought would be most popular) : ricing.
I got into Linux when I saw screenshots of all the cool desktops people made with KDE, XFCE, and tiling window managers. Even Gnome looked sleek and minimal. After a while I got bored of ricing but I stayed for the ease of use as a developer
OpenSuse seems like it would meet your needs. OpenSuse Kalpa might be one to look into since it’s immutable and features KDE Plasma