FreeDOS/Ubuntu on HP laptops?

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Charles Yao wrote:

>
>
> On 10/18/05, *Bret Busby* <bret at busby.net <mailto: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.
>
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