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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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Chromebooks use a customized Linux kernel with often proprietary code included from the manufacturer. Same thing as Android in that sense.
Upstream Linux, using mostly open-source code, does not have these bits of proprietary code in most cases. This means that ARM devices are frequently missing some drivers under mainline Linux, so things like TouchPad, wifi, or even GPU might be partially or fully unsupported.
Armbian Linux supports a large number of devices using mainline Linux with some tweaks to it pre-configured, but typically you're not going to get every feature of the hardware supported until several years after its release (like 5+).
x86 on the other hand usually will just work out of the box, especially Lenovo laptops.