Recently, I found three models that I am interested.
However, when I search their LINUX drivers at their webpage, NOTHING is related to LINUX.
1) Is is by chance?
2) With no official drivers given by manufacturer, can we trust whether LINUX Mint/Ubuntu give us ALL DRIVERS?
LAN drivers might be popular, but I doubt 3840 resolusion for Geforce M940 (I may buy this first time) is ready for LINUX.
Linux mostly picks up all standard hardware with no drivers and few issues. Dell is known to be very Linux friendly, in particular. Linux doesn't rely heavily on third party drivers. Most of the code is in the kernel already. It is a whole nother critter from WinDOHs. So here is what I suggest. Get a midrange Dell desktop with two HDMI out ports. Set up and register WinDOHs. Do a full system restore backup. Now, you know you can at least run "that other" operating system if the computer won't do Linux for some reason. Then download Ubuntu and the tools you need to create a live USB drive. Do the thing, make the USB thumb drive, and change your boot order so you can boot from USB. Reboot from the USB and try Ubuntu. There is VERY GOOD peer support for Linux in general, and particularly Ubuntu. Just google stuff, with "Ubuntu" as the first term in the search string.
A lot of things are different in Linux if you are coming from that other OS. You will sooner better than later get acquainted with the Terminal. This is an incredibly powerful and flexible tool, one that MS has never even come close to matching. A DOS window or whatever they call it these days looks the same, maybe, but it is just an also-ran. You will not have an "admin" password and a user account. Well, yeah you will have a user account, but Linux has a Root user. However, by default most modern Linux systems do not have a root account. Without root, you can't do much (and neither can anyone else) to harm your system. You get the same power and privileges by using the "sudo" command. There is no "hyperuser" like in WinDOHs. The hyperuser is Microsoft, btw. They can do anything they want to your system without your permission and without notifying you either beforehand, or after. This is even legal, spelled out in black and white in the EULA. Obviously other people have figured out how to muscle in or sneak in through this big wide back door, too. Doesn't exist in Linux. Also it is open source. ANY user or even a non user with the requisite skill set can examine the source code and look for exploits. This is one of Linux's strengths. Nothing is "secret". Anyway there are a few differences in the desktop, though Mint probably comes closest to matching the WinDOHs desktop. Ubuntu isn't so tough though, and has a bigger user base.
When you have Linux set up, just go to the IB website on your Linux machine and the site will read the UserAgent string and offer you the Linux build of their software automatically. Follow the simple install procedure and start paper trading. Do that until you are confident and then there you go.
Any standard sound card, should you need one, and USB board, and graphics card, and whatever other basic hardware you got, should play just fine. HP printers usually work well on Linux. Don't care for their computers at all but their printers are basic and flexible and play nicely with Linux. Once your HDMI graphics and USB are running, you can basically plug in any keyboard, mouse, and monitors. Don't be skeered. Go for it.
