New to Linux- New Asus Laptop

Hello Linux Forum members! I have been wanting to switch to linux for a while, I am a gamer so i know I'll be duel booting; until steam becomes native. I am used to command lines as I do have a lot of experience in programming languages. Most of what i will be using it for is for 3d purpuses, using Autodesk's Maya software, Softimage and Nuke for composting. this also includes mel (a node based language like c/c++ native to maya) and python scripting/programming/learning; learning more so for python.

I have a new Asus RoG (republic of gamers) laptop that currently is running windows 7 ultimate, and I wanted to duel boot a linux distro. So My question is thus, do popular Linux distro's contain support for new Laptops. More specifically Arch Linux, Slackware, or Ubuntu. I do want to actually learn Linux, so I'll probably stay away from Ubuntu after reviewing the "linuxquestions.org" forums.

the reason I ask is because I've noticed a lot of Linux users aren't really using the newest or hottest hardware around and was concerned about... drivers and comparability issues. I'll do more research into duel booting linux when windows 7/mac osx is already installed.. Unless some kind soul would be graciouse enough to post a link to a good tutorial on how to do it.

Thank you all!

Use Fedora or Linux Mint, both have good support for new hardware. As for a dual-booting guide, Google it. There are so many it's not even funny.

Thanks for the reply guys. I grabbed virtual box to try out arch.. read up on it and like the rolling release concept and some of its other features.. I've tried ubuntu before as a vm with its own built in vm.. forgot what it was called.. didn't like it.. probably because of the gnome desktop. I'll prob grab Slack, and Mint as well eventually.