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Best HP laptop for linux

kkumar — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:22:28 GMT

Hi..

Can some one update me on best HP laptop for linux. My requirements are dual boot OS.

Kiran

Re: Best HP laptop for linux

Alpha977 — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:32:48 GMT

Hello kkumar!

I have a HP pavilion ze4907 with dual boot, Windows XP Home (oem) and Fedora Core 6 with 2 kernel version.

All the hardware work ok, except the volume buttons, but i can configure the volume via kde.
The modem is configured too.

I don't know what is the "best" for linux, but i know of the last kernel version see most hardware.

Regards

Re: Best HP laptop for linux

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:48:49 GMT

Shalom,

In the past based on forums experience the entry level HP laptops were many times unsuitable for Linux due to a lack of driver support.

Those that have had the most success have chosen models that HP certifies with Linux.

SEP

Re: Best HP laptop for linux

Ivan Krastev — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:20:43 GMT

Here is certification matrix for HP laptops and linux - http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/317386-0-0-0-121.html

See also http://www.linux-laptop.net/

regards,
ivan

Re: Best HP laptop for linux

Huc_1 — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:50:03 GMT

I have had tryed and configured many laptops to run some version of linux, the best advice I can give is to get a live cd preferably from the distribution you plan to use and to try this before you buy the hardware you will find many live cd at http://distrowatch.com/

an other way to find the right hardware is to do a sezrch on the linux distribution site you plan on using, search and try find the "hal" hardware list for laptops

I am now answering this using fedora core 6 on a Aspire 5630... but I still have to investigate and get the internal wifi working on this laptop... I will get it to work, in the mean while I use a pcmcia wifi card ... the rest to my knowledge is working.

Jean-Pierre Huc

Re: Best HP laptop for linux

Patrick Terlisten — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:59:56 GMT

Hello,

I'm running openSUSE 10.2 on a nx6325 without any problems.

Regards,
Patrick