Why does National Instruments support only specific distributions of Linux? If a product works on one distribution, won it work on any distribution?
Because each distribution is custom-configured to provide software extensions that optimize performance or functionality in a specific situation, there is a significant amount of variability in behavior between distributions. The effect of this variability is that drivers may not be compatible with every distribution. In order to ensure that each distribution is adequately tested and supported, National Instruments has chosen to focus its efforts on the distributions specified above.
