> As long as you stay away from perpetually-beta distributions that I shall not name, driver problems are really a non-issue.

One of the first thing every Linux user needs to know is that he should only use hardware which is listed in the HCL (Hardware Compatiblity list).

http://www.linuxhardware.net

If you want to have ready-to-run Linux then take a careful look at http://linuxgizmos.com.