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.
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thanks
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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. :-)
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thx it worked with natsemi ;-)
and thanks for the advice pcghost |
thx to you all now my hp ze4404 works great;-)
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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.
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