Linux on dv9700

[george dikeakos]

Well hi to all ..

I am new member in this forum so i am sorry,for starters, if i have misplaced me thread..

I have a new dv9700 running on vista home premium
and things were slow.Althought having a 4G ram it recognized 3 due to 32-bit OS.after sp1 things got a lot more slower,having recognized 4G but still using only 3.
Also gaming and multitasking got worse..especially when changing between windows
About gaming i am refering to simple based like lineage or wow..

I thought about changing in vista 64, i read somewhere that dv9700 is a x86-x64, that will use full ram potentials BUT it will still be to heavy.

Xp downgradding is a nightmare so..and xpx64 has no drivers at all

my question really is :

1) what is the best OS for gaming and multitasking for dv9700

2)and believing that only linux will give me full process and ram potentials wich is the best destributor and what edition;

3)+ also who has better support on drivers and updates by hp

technical char. : intel core 2 duo t7500 2.20
4G ram
geforce 8600M gs

and now runs on windows home edition SP1

tnx for any help

[doug hosking]

Ubuntu Hardy Heron (April 2008) is mostly happy on my dv9700t. There have been some problems with the ALSA audio. Fixes were in progress recently. Interim fixes partially worked, but I still had some problems getting the headphone jack to disable the speakers, etc. I haven't looked recently to see if this has been fixed. Aside from that, it seems pretty stable for the things I have tried. I had very little trouble getting a dual boot with Vista and Hardy Heron working on the dv9700t. I don't have any data on how this works with other distributions.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Ubunutu has a very good track record for one of the widest hardware support profiles I've ever seen.

Your graphics card will need some support to work properly with gaming.

http://www.pctipsbox.com/nvidia-linux-display-driver-16907-now-available/

Without nvidia drivers you are wasting your time trying to game with Linux because the video drivers are critical for game playing.

The link above is for the geforce 8800 card, which is what I have. I've not gotten around to doing the Linux install. My Vista box is a little unstable and I may have to wait for SP1 for the Hebrew language pack before I go forth.

Before using the April 2008 Ubuntu release which probably has a stronger kernel, which is a requirement for proper gaming, make sure that video drivers exist. If not, use the previous Ubuntu release which has a full set of Linux drivers.

The dual boot issue is really a matter of knowing Ubuntu uses a different file and format than the grub.conf file most Red Hat admins are used to.

I have a Ubuntu box at home but its recently become the second OS on a box used constantly by my children. My experience is limited to doing a google search and then cutting and pasting the proper commands into Ubuntu. I did manage to get surprisingly far with that approach.

My day job has me as an RHCE and HP-UX CSE.

As this is a Linux question, this is the perfect forum in which to post.

SEP