See this is what gets me “There are manufacturer/OEM drivers available for a ***majority*** of the laptop mfgs out there”
You know everytime I try to run Linux on desktop I must have all the minority machines because there are ALWAYS missing drivers or I have to compile them myself. For example, card readers that are built into the laptop. Or the function key on the keyboard doesn’t work.
For servers Linux is fine and even preferred in many instances. But not for the desktop.
Core components such as disk controllers, USB controllers, motherboard chipsets, graphics cards, sound cards, integrated motherboard components, hard drives, and other major system components are covered. When you start talking about “ease of use” or what I call “trim” components such as specialty keyboards, multimedia card readers, and PCMCIA cards, you’re on your own. The problem is that those components are usually designed and developed around a kernel such as Windows, and they’re not designed for critical system functionality. They’re “nice to haves.”
Linux works for me with every major motherboard manufacturer (ASUS, Gigabit, ASRock, EVGA, MSI, etc.) and every OEM (HP, Dell, IBM). I’ve had little issue finding drivers for graphics cards made since 2004. If it’s “plug and play” certified, it works in Linux. Custom hardware aside, Linux is a rock solid OS.