He created an environment that he’s comfortable with. If he didn’t like racism his discord would be different.

What parts of the Linux community do you see this in?

The parts I’m in have no Nazis and not much right wing support because right wing nowadays trends Nazi.

There’s really no difference between running Linux on desktop and laptop systems. As you have done it in a desktop the laptop will really be no big deal for you.

Sometimes drivers aren’t quite as good and maybe battery life won’t be as great. But laptop batteries last for ages nowadays so even a small reduction won’t hurt for most uses.

I’ve run a fleet of Linux laptops when doing corporate IT department work and run more than a few for myself and helped out friends. Generally everything works well enough.

Debian has an option to anonymously report packages installed. There’s a question about this at install time and at any time you can install or uninstall the popularity-contest package.