Does the HP Pavilion p7-1010 Desktop support Linux?

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You might want to post the system specs of that machine and tell if it is a Windows 10 machine ie UEFI? OR legacy?

Also you could try running a Live Linux CD/DVD and see if Linux see's your wifi card in the HP.

I would think so, I use a HP-G62, & have done for several years now.

Hmm, 8 years, it would seem!

There's a list of supported HP printers at the HPLIP website. https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-i..._devices/index

Here are the specs, and I am currently running Windows 7. https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02856262

After reading through the specs it looks like Linux should run ok on your HP.

Check out the link that frankbell posted for you.

This was my first post. Thanks to all for the help and quick response.

I have a new question, now that I know I can proceed with Linux. Instead of going through the hassle of burning my own dvd or usb, I would like to order what I need OSDisc.com: http://www.osdisc.com/products/linux...iate=linuxmint I got there from a link right on the Linux Mint page. Has anyone dealt with this company? Was everything OK?

Sorry, I've never dealt with that company.

I always burn my own CD/DVD's or make a usb bootable to save $.

this is so simple: https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744

Well, thanks for trying. I went to the tutorial you linked to. Since I am currently using Windows 7, I scrolled down to "Using Microsoft Windows" and clicked on the 1st link (pendrivelinux). As usual, I have no idea what they are talking about. None. Do I click the download that is after the screen shots if I wanted to do this? Is that the one? What are the screen shots about? I can never figure out what is going on in them. What are they telling me? And then I read the comments. What a nightmare. I also noticed that this is form 6-7 years ago although there is a Feb.'19 update thing. ("Update to support initrd boot option for newer Ubuntu based distributions when USB drive is formatted NTFS. Add persistence option to Kodachi. IMPORTANT: The Windows to Go option requires the USB be formatted NTFS with 20GB free disk space to hold the virtual disk. See FAQ for more info." Riiiiiight...) And on and on.

That is why it would appear to me, that if the company I first asked about is reputable, it would be worth just buying a dvd or usb that has been made correctly and is all ready to go. Sheesh! The DVD is only $5.95 and the 64-bit flash drive is $14.95. Seems like a deal to me. I am a newbie in the truest sense of the word and I was not kidding with my screen name.

ok, yes, that is annoying. Let's start with a link on that page: https://www.pendrivelinux.com/univer...easy-as-1-2-3/
you can find a download button for Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.8.7.exe. I don't know it very well, but you need to download it and install it.
When you run it (execute) you will see a window like the first screenshot (installer setup). I think this is self explanatory, so you need to know how to handle that. And finally click on create and you will see the what's happening (like the second screenshot). Finally you can boot from your pendrive.
You don't need to care about comments at this moment and also the "changes" are not relevant too. But if you are interested we can discuss it.

OK. Step #1 is to download it by clicking on the "Download" under the screen shots. Then, am I correct is assuming when it is done downloading, some thing will then automatically come up that I will click to "install"; namely. the firstscreen shot which says "Installer"?

Now let's look at that screen. Step 1 says to select a Linux Distribution. Let's say I want Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon. I use the drop-down menu and that should be there, right? Simple enough. Then there's a little box to the right that says "Local iso selected." Am I supposed to check that or not? And what am I supposed to visit the Ubuntu Homepage for?

Step 2 on that screen shot says I am supposed to "Select your Ubuntu desktop. iso" What am I supposed to do there?

Step 3 says to "Select your USB Flash Drive Letter Only" Is that some letter configuration that will be on the flash drive package when I buy one? Also in that step, should I check the box that says "Now showing all drives" like it is on the screen shot? And it says to BE CAREFUL. What am I supposed to be careful about? Also on the step there is a little box that says "Format E:\ (Erases content.) Do I check that or not?

Then we get to Step 4 on that first screen shot. "Set a persistent file size for storing changes. (Optional)" What the heck is that and am I supposed to do something there? If so, what?

Hah! And you thought this screen was "self-explanatory." Not if you are a newbie who has never done any of this kind of stuff.

(Here's the seriously funny part. I am a math teacher and where I work, I am considered the "computer expert." The other teachers come to me to fix all their computer problems and do all the things they cannot do on the computers at work. And 99% of the time I can do it. For the other 1%, there is usually a major glitch and the system manager has to be called in to fix it.)

OK--- back to the screen shots. I click on "Create" and I get the 2nd screen shot. It does whatever and when it is done I click "Close." I can probably handle that.

At this point, do I have the Linux OS I selected on that flash drive, like I would have if I just bought it? Before I pull it out of my computer, do I have to click on something to get my computer to say I can safely remove it as i usually do with the flash drive I keep my life's work on?

Then you say "Finally, you can boot from your pendrive." (Pendrive = flash drive, right?) Let's leave that for next week... or month. (I have until January to switch off of Windows 7.) I have watched 20+ hours of videos on Youtube about installing a Linux distro on my computer in the last two weeks that swear they are for "beginners" and am not very close to understanding much of that either. What's this BIOS thing they are talking about that I may have to disable... or something like that? And they all start out with saying that the installation wizard takes over, and then they say except for this and this and you have to do this, and if that happens, do this, except in this case when you have to do that. Select this, that, and the other thing and be very careful here or you'll destroy the known world. I know it's all clear to you guys, but to me, not so much. Just like you thought screen shot #1 was "self-explanatory."

Thanks again for you help.

Did you ever download anything (in windows)? Click on the downloaded file and execute it. What you have downloaded is the installer itself.

If you want linux mint go to its home page and download the installer which will be an iso (and yes, you can download it too).
Select the iso file what you have downloaded. Not for ubuntu, but for your preferred distro. Ubuntu is just an example.

In Windows all the drives have a drive letter. Usually the system is located on C:\, a DVD player is D:\ and your pendrive is probably E:\ (or ??)

The content of the pendrive will be lost. So do not continue if you have something valuable on it.
Optional, you can safely forget it for now.

I have to say if this is problem for you linux mint will cause even more problems.

After reading this thread, I am curious, why do you want to switch to Linux from Windows 7?

Windows 7 (which I run) will no longer be supported by Microsoft after 1/14/2020. So, I have to switch to something. I think Microsoft has gotten too big for its britches and do not like the direction they are going in (and haven't in a while), so I do not want to go to Windows 10. A friend recommended Linux. Although I have used computers since the late 80's (My first computer was a Tandy 12K which loaded from cassette tapes. You could not walk in the room when it was loading since the vibrations would mess up the download.) I have never gotten into the "guts" of the operations, which is no doubt painfully obvious from my questions and lack of understanding. But, I do have nearly 10 months to "get in the game," which I am hoping to do. Thanks for asking.