I mean, let say I walk into a computer store shopping for a new laptop. I wanna be certain that a specific model would run Linux hands down so I insert my bootable Knoppix cd. In this scenario say that it boots flawlessly and runs just fine.

What do you guys think ? Can I draw a fair and solid conclusion as to say that about "any" linux distribution would be just fine for that laptop or is it just a guess ?

In more technical terms, does Knoppix use all the same librairies that other linux distros use or is it particularly picky and well customised as to fit to as many different machines or configurations out there ?! <

Sorry if it sounds newbee's question ...but... well it is

Tkx to all of you out there, from a newbie.