Not of you don't buy Windows hardware and slap Linux on it.
Unfortunately, most (almost all) hardware is Windows hardware. So far, System76 is the only one that I've had actually work.
Unfortunately, most (almost all) hardware is Windows hardware. So far, System76 is the only one that I've had actually work.
But saying it can vary largely by distro is overstating it by a lot. Mostly, distro issues are going to be based on how old their kernels are.
But definitely, modern hardware is much too complex to just slap Linux on Windows (and vice versa).
Yes, exactly! There are whole teams inside Dell etc. dealing with this. The term is "system integration." If you're doing this on your own, without support or chip unfo, you are going to (potentially) have a very, very bad time.
> This is not the fault of hardware makers.
It is if they ship Linux on their hardware.
This is why you have to buy a computer that was built for Linux, that ships with Linux, and with support that you can call.
Sorry you have had such bad luck.
Big fan of Linux, but saying that Linux works on system76 while they have a tiny sliver of the Linux market share seems like a nonstarter.
You can either get hardware that works or you can deal with breakage.
That's not to detract from the larger point here though. It's pretty funny that all of the replies in this thread identify different causes and suggest different fixes for the same symptom. Matches my experience learning Linux very well.