Linux on HP ZV6201 [WAS: Re: Plug installfest ?]

[Josh Coffman]

--- Dennis Kibbe <dennisk at linuxquestions.net> wrote:

> On Saturday 26 November 2005 10:15, Josef Lowder
> wrote:
> > Thanks, Josh ...
> >
> > The laptop on which I want to install Linux is an
> hp pavilion
> > model #zv6201cl from Costco.  Of course, it is
> returnable if it
> > doesn't turn out to be satisfactory with Linux 
> ;))

I actually have a similar HP zv5440. I've tried many
distros on it and they generally give about 85-90% of
the hardware supported out of the box.

 
> Linux on Laptops shows the ZV6000 is supported.  You
> may have to use NDIS 
> wrappers for the wifi if you have a Broadcom chip.
> 
> <SNIP>
> >
> > My objective is to have Linux as my main operating
> system with Win4Lin
> > so I can run win98 as a task under Linux for the
> few win apps that I still
> > use until I can get up to speed on Linux
> alternatives -- mainly Pagemaker
> > and Paint Shop Pro.
> 
> Well, you can replace PageMaker with either
> OpenOffice or Scribus right now 
> and GIMP will easily replace Paint Shop Pro.  
> 
> > Since it came with Win XP (which I do not really
> want), I'll probably
> > set it up as a dual (or multiple) boot rather than
> just reformatting to
> > eliminate XP entirely.
> 
> Any of the distros you mentions should resize the
> WinXP partition with no 
> problem.
> 
> <SNIP>.
> >
> > I just do not want something that I'll have to
> endlessly update or
> > continuously tinker with.
> 
> Well, you will be constantly updating any distro you
> install with security 
> patches, etc.  SUSE with YOU (Yast Online Update)
> makes this very easy.
> 

don't have to constantly update if you just get the
critical stuff. I personally update every couple days,
but that's probably far more than necessary.

> Dennisk
> -- 
> Phoenix Linux Users Group
> "Penguins in the Desert"

Mepis found and configured my wifi for the broadcom
using ndiswrapper. All the others took work. I'm
currently using Fedora Core 4.

Suse, Mandriva, and Ubuntu are all pretty good on the
laptop; Fedora also works well for me.

There is a list for linux on the r3000/z5000 laptop;
some people on there also use the z6000.
http://mail.kdewebdev.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000

goto distrowatch.com. any of the top 5 would be fine.




Shin zen ni rei
-j
Registered Linux user number 403109



	
		
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