64 bit laptop, which one were you able to use with linux?

Shadow_7 · 02-18-2015, 06:19 AM

The 3.19 kernel fixes the touchpad issue with the hp stream 11. Which I guess means that everything (that I can test) now works in linux. Not a beast in terms of specs, but something that you can use remotely without internet and not be crippled by non-spec things. 64 bit and x86 for $200-ish new.

kuser:) · 02-18-2015, 06:46 AM

Just wanted to remind about the HCL!
Sorry for interrupting.

business_kid · 02-28-2015, 01:50 PM

I have a Samsung NP350E7C-A05UK. The bios could have been written by m$, they only support windows 8 etc. I put the hard disk in a drawer for the evil day when I might have to boot windows 8. Instead, I bought an SSD and formatted it MBR, not GPT and installed linux there. Haven't looked back. Dell are an easier time with EFI, but Dell are Dell - that's their biggest disadvantage.

For me, the rules were
gpt disks were uefi (No choice)
mbr disks were not uefi.(no choice). You could set or disable uefi in the bios and the 2 had to agree. All the hardware is supported, intel only graphics. I imagine much of the above holds true for all samsungs.

phazon · 03-01-2015, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by EDDY1

You never stated what graphics card the 64-bit mobo has on it.
Did you just change the mobo?
Does the original hdd still have a linux os?
If so have you tried allowing it to boot the 32-bit os?

I would just forget about the live-cd & boot Debian CD-1

The 64 bit machine I am having problems with had the HDD wiped, then a fresh install of Windows Vista. Othe than the fact that Vista is slow, and well, is just plain awful, I had no issues at all installing it ans running.

There are no other OS's on the HDD. I did try installing a 32 bit version of linux on it but I get the same garbled screen unless it has the 32 bit cpu in the socket.

phazon · 03-01-2015, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by erik2282

Samsung R480 w/ Intel Pentium 64bit

Currently running Debian Stable amd64. After installing samsung-tools and easy-slow-down-manager packages, all FN keys work and I'm a happy camper.

When you installed Samsung tools, it was after you already had a basic setup running though, right? What is easy-slow-down-manager?

colorpurple21859 · 03-01-2015, 08:02 AM

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I did try installing a 32 bit version of linux on it but I get the same garbled screen unless it has the 32 bit cpu in the socket.

It might be hardware related, there wouldn't happen to be a jumper pin that has to be moved somewhere on the motherboard for a 64 bit cpu to work?

TxLonghorn · 03-01-2015, 09:28 AM

It would help to have some info on your machine.
Boot one of the 32bit linux DVD's you have, open a terminal, and post the results of the commands.

Code:

inxi -Fxz

If that does not work, try:

Code:

sudo lshw -businfo

and

Code:

cat /proc/cpuinfo

ardvark71 · 03-01-2015, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by phazon

THIS BRINGS ME TO MY QUESTION FOR THE COMMUNITY;

Who among you has successfully installed linux on a 64 bit laptop, and whIch machine was it?

I would like to know which ones worked for you, find one, and do the same.

Thanks much

Hi...

Back in 2012, I installed Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit on my HP dv9830us laptop without the slightest hitch. The OS worked great but for some reason. a few of the games I had would routinely just shut down at some random point due to seg faults. I never had that problem in 32 bit versions.

The laptop is now old and will only do lightweight distributions well but it's been great as far as Linux is concerned.

Regards...