Are there any differences between installing Linux on a laptop as opposed to a desktop?
You _may_ have more trouble installing Linux on a laptop as opposed to a desktop, as the components in a laptop are by tradition a little more custom / specialist as opposed to the fairly generic components in a desktop PC… For instance, if your laptop has a special “portable” version of a model of graphics card, perhaps a low power version with a special powersaving chip at its core, it may well need a special version of its drivers to operate properly. You might be able to achieve standard VGA operation, but with no 3D acceleration at all, or you might find that you can’t initialise the card at all… It’s more the realm of PCMCIA devices / custom LCD screens e.g. where Linux tends to come into more problems with when it’s installing. However, that said, recent versions of the popular flavours of Linux have a very large driverbase, and some have user-friendly installations which guide you through the installation process when it’s time to configure your hardware. I know that Xandro
