The Inspiron 15 3501 scores points with low noise and heat development as well as enough room for two storage devices. The CPU and GPU performance falls short of the possibilities.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Dell-Inspiron-15-3501-supports-Linux.573012.0.html
Hasn't it always supported Linux? Bsd as well? I've used inspiron 15 models for this for the past decade.