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For brand new hardware, you really need the most recent version of the kernel. For that, the best option is a rolling-release distro like Arch, Manjaro, Solus,
by lliamander 7y ago
For brand new hardware, you really need the most recent version of the kernel. For that, the best option is a rolling-release distro like Arch, Manjaro, Solus, or OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.
It's no guarantee, but that will give you the best chance for things working out of the box (and for getting fixes as quickly as possible).
- simion314 7y agoJust FYI on Ubuntu you can enable a PPA and get latest kernel, you enable a different PPA and you can get latest Xorg and video drivers. So you have good options on non-rolling distro to get latest drivers and kernel, test them and if you don't like them go back to the LTS ones. This is a good option for me, upgrade only what I want and don't touch things that work.