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Yes. The installed kernel version is what defines your general compatibility with hardware, not the actual distribution you choose.
That's a good clarification - different distributions may have different versions of the Linux kernel. So you may see "It works on Ubuntu but not Fedora" due to them shipping different versions of the kernel. But typically that would be due to recently added support (the distribution using a newer kernel works). Eventually things homogenize.
@atzanteol @just_another_person i have run into issues like 'almalinux doesn't work on this machine but centos does'
some distributions i think have started to remove support for some older hardware assuming nobody is using it (thats my theory)
That's the problem with providing "general guidelines". 😀
There can be differences in which modules are enabled that vary by distro as well. Maybe the alma folks are more picky. But If it's an issue you can always compile your own kernel and enable whatever you want. The Gentoo folks know what I'm talking about. Used to be more common "back in the day" to get support for something bleeding edge.