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Show ContentPossibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish5·4 months agoModern devices are pretty generic. You can install Linux on just about anything. Web cams tend to be USB devices and trackpads are often SPI. WiFi can be an issue but only with a handful of devices.
Show ContentJamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyzEnglish1·4 months agoYep, I never had a serious problem with any laptop from the last ~20 years (but I do usually use older hardware, my main laptop is from ~2018)
Show ContentPossibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish1·4 months agoHonestly 2018 is fairly modern from a Linux perspective. I’ve seen people using hardware from 2005. I think anything newer than 2014 is pretty good for Linux. Things made in the last 7 years are even better.
Show ContentJamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyzEnglish1·4 months agoWell, the drivers have matured since then. And my latitude 5290 is a buisness laptop, so they usually don’t screw consumers as much.
Modern devices are pretty generic. You can install Linux on just about anything.
Web cams tend to be USB devices and trackpads are often SPI. WiFi can be an issue but only with a handful of devices.
Yep, I never had a serious problem with any laptop from the last ~20 years (but I do usually use older hardware, my main laptop is from ~2018)
Honestly 2018 is fairly modern from a Linux perspective. I’ve seen people using hardware from 2005.
I think anything newer than 2014 is pretty good for Linux. Things made in the last 7 years are even better.
Well, the drivers have matured since then. And my latitude 5290 is a buisness laptop, so they usually don’t screw consumers as much.