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Is there a program that I can run on my laptop to tell me what Linux distro supports the hardware out of the box? Also whether the hardware is supported at all?

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My laptop is an MSI Sword 15 A11UD. But I’m really looking for a program that analyses and projects problem areas and supported/unsupported hardware

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michel@friend.ketterle.ch
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I installed a linux onto an USB stick
installed Hw-probe. Created a little script that saved the result to disk. and opened the browser to the result page.

And went to a Store:

  1. Insert USB Stick
  2. Press SHIFT on a Windows PC
  3. Than do a Power off on Windows
  4. chose reboot to stick
  5. connect smart-phone with thetering
  6. run HW-Probe script

I was allowed to do that on every store i visited. Mostly I asked if the local staff would like see a running linux.

That way I choosed my current laptop

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drivepiler@lemmy.world
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Seems like a pretty slick way to drop some malware payloads, may I ask if this was recently?

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