True. Though laptops were in some ways easier than desktops, since laptops tended to have the same set of hardware in each unit, so hopefully you only had to find an `XF86Config` or `xorg.conf` that someone had shared for that model.

Examples:

http://www.neilvandyke.org/linux-thinkpad-560e/XF86Config-tp...

https://www.neilvandyke.org/linux-thinkpad-x20/xorg.conf