“1. How difficult (or easy) it is to support different
Linux distros on laptops? What kind of progress has the 2.6.x
kernel offers in this department?“Chander Kant: While over the years
the support for Laptop hardware within all distributions has
dramatically improved, it still remains a significant challenge to
install, configure and support a wide variety of distributions on
Laptops. The challenge areas come in support for wireless
interface, fully accelerated graphics display with external VGA
support, power management, integration of special shortcut keys
(e.g., browser key) and general support for external peripherals.
We are certainly able to leverage knowledge gained on one
distribution while supporting various distributions. But there are
always differences in the distributions, which requires us to do
specific customizations per distribution.
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.
Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2025 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved
Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.