FreeDOS/Ubuntu on HP laptops?

[Charles Yao]

On 10/18/05, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, roach wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anybody manage to get their hands on one of these yet? I've tried - but
> can't.
> >
> > You're suppost to be able to order one of the listed laptops, with
> FreeDOS
> > pre-installed and a custom version of Ubuntu on CD.
> >
> > Nothing on HP's site, HP Customer Services knows nothing and they don't
> > respond to my emailed queries.
> >
> > http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/58780
> >
> > http://www.ubuntu.com/support/custom/hplaptops/view?searchterm=laptop
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsHewlettPackard
> >
> > --
> > Robert "roach" Spencer
> > Pietermaritzburg
> > South Africa
> >
> >
>
> I don't know of the specific offer, however, after reading a review of a
> previous offer, whereby in the USA, the HP NX5000 laptop could be
> purchased with SUSE Linux installed (thus, the laptop appeared to be
> Linux-compatible), we bought an HP NX5000 for me. Whilst the laptop had
> WinXP installed (I wanted a dual-boot, anyway, for a particular
> Windows-based genealogy application), we installed Linux on it.
>
> Initially, a problem arose with the installation of Debian Sarge (when
> it was testing), to do with an interrupt conflict between the network
> card and the WiFi device, but that was resolved by performing an install
> with Ubuntu 5.04, which breezed through the installation. Unfortunately,
> some problem arose with the Ubuntu installation (if my memory was
> correct, it was something to do with being unable to install PINE), so
> we installed Debian Sarge on the laptop, to dual-boot, and that appears
> to run okay. If my memory is correct, the problem with Ubuntu and PINE,
> was to do with PINE requiring older libraries than were present in
> Ubuntu 5.04.
>
> Anyway, Ubuntu 5.04 should install okay on a standard HP NX5000 laptop,
> from our experience.
>
> The HP NX5000 laptop is a relatively cheap laptop system, and, given the
> ease of installation of Ubuntu 5.04, there should not be any justifiable
> reason why a person on this list, cannot simply purchase an HP NX5000
> and install Ubuntu 5.04 (or, even 5.10) on the laptop, without any
> significant problems.
>
> And, apparently, the HP NX5000/SUSE Linux pre-installed system, involved
> custom components in the laptop, making it SUSE-compatible, but my
> standard, HP NX5000/WinXP system, runs okay as a dual bootable system
> with Debian Sarge, and Ubuntu 5.04 apparently installed okay on it.
>
> So, you should be able to buy an HP NX5000 and install Ubuntu 5.04, if
> not 5.10, on it, as a dual boot system. Details relating to the NX5000
> and Debian, that I had read, should be able to be found by searching
> using google, and "Linux" and "NX5000" as keywords, to find the reviews.
>
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
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I asked about an HP Desktop from the HP reseller here in Manila but when
they sent me the quote HP doesnt sell it. I suppose it will still be a while
before Hp lives up to its promise of selling Hp machines with linux
pre-installed.

Charles
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