distro for hp
 

Which is the best distro of gentoo , debian , slackware and mandrake
for a hp laptop??
and which has best support ???


cheers erling

If you read the posts here, most of the problems seem to be with RedHat. I don't know if that is because it is used more or if it has problems with laptops.
I installed SuSE 8.2 on my Compaq with no problems. I did have to manually enable acpi, and my Netgear wireless card took a little doing, but otherwise the install went fine.
Zane

ok installing slack first if it doesnt work il consdier suse
thx

I have a hp ze4420. RH 9 had lots of problems. I was able to install mandrake 9.1 but could not get acpi to work without rebuilding the kernel. I now installed RH Severn beta and am trouble free so far. ACPI was enabled and works fairly well. I found a lot on info at linux-laptop.net.

thanks

but i cant figure out what the module for the network card is and
suse and slackware cant autodetect it

does anyone now?

Check the HP site for specs. It should tell you what the nic is. On my Compaq, it's a National Semicondutor using the natsemi module.
Zane

My Ze4230 runs Redhat 9 with a rebuilt kernel (for acpi and better video support) perfectly. Pick any distro you like, then recompile and you are off like a prom dress. :-)

thx it worked with natsemi ;-)
and thanks for the advice pcghost

thx to you all now my hp ze4404 works great;-)

No problem. Linux on Laptops is actually highly underrated. I am much happier now that I don't have to use XP on my HP. Mighty decent of HP to make really compatible laptops.