Will upgrading to a later release improve laptop hardware support?

Question

I'm currently running 14.04 on my dual boot ASUS ROG 752 VL laptop. To my disappointment, I haven't been able to find drivers for the trackpad; the laptop doesn't sleep when I'd expect it to; hotkey functionality is unavailable; etc.

My question is whether upgrading to a more recent release should be expected to solve any of this.

@Pilot6 I tried the bootable USB (16.04), but got no further than a blank desktop — Brian Bien, Jul 04 '16 at 15:48
See this http://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it — Pilot6, Jul 04 '16 at 15:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '16 at 15:50

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You can upgrade the kernel to version 4.4 without upgrading the release.

Run in terminal

sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-xenial

and reboot.

This will install kernel from Ubuntu 16.04.

answered Jul 04 '16 at 15:50

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The support was much better: touchpad and volume function keys worked – Brian Bien Jul 04 '16 at 18:24

Will upgrading to a later release improve laptop hardware support?

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