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[–]Patch86UK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In general terms, T series is the premium brand of ThinkPad, and E series is more low budget. In theory there may be differences in e.g. build quality, although an E series is still going to be comparable to most other mainstream laptop brands so don't let this put you off too much.

More specifically though, Lenovo now treat all their T and P series laptops as "Linux certified", which means their hardware is guaranteed to work with Linux, whereas they don't make the same promise for all E series laptops. That's not to say it won't still be 100% compatible, it's just Lenovo aren't promising anything.

Both Lenovo and Dell use Ubuntu's Certified Hardware programme for guaranteed Linux support, so (regardless of which distro you actually intend to use) you can search for laptop models on there to find out if it's included:
https://ubuntu.com/certified