On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Is there by any chance another number on the HP box? My HP/Compaq >> laptop had a funky number like that but it also had a more simple >> number - in my case F600US. This turned out to be the machine name >> where as the complicated on was the one that indicated the machine >> coupled with the disk, memory, etc. (Or so I think...) >> > > The only other number that seems relevant is the part number FS185UA. Google > turned up some mentions on Spanish sites, but they weren't really > informative. However, they did indicate that Linux runs on the machine, so > there's some good news. That's the one: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01533414&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN It's got HDMI which is nice if you own a newer TV. With 250GB you can easily keep a Windows partition and stream NetFlix to your 60" plasma. ;-) > >> The first review I found wasn't overly kind: >> >> http://review.zdnet.com/product/laptops/hp-g60-125nr/33360964 >> >> but I wouldn't personally care too much about that. >> > > Yep, I read that one. It got me wondering, hence the email. > >> I guess based on the way you purchased that you weren't able to boot >> it with an install disk? >> > > No, they weren't very amenable to the idea at Best Buy. I don't usually > purchase stuff there, but I was happy enough with the Westinghouse monitor I > bought there (soon to be replaced by another one of those Samsungs you > recommended). > >> My guess is that the specs will turn out to be 'ok'. Not great, but >> ok. That's pretty similar to mine when I bought it a year and a half >> ago. Probably your machine is an nvidia chipset and probably it's >> going to work fine in Linux. Possibly the nvidia video card will be a >> problem with the real-time kernel, but possibly not. I think lots of >> people use nvidia and do fine. In my mind, for what little I know >> about what you really do Dave, I'd guess the video chip issue is the >> risky thing, and then ONLY if you use the nvidia driver. Probably not >> much of an issue at all if you can get by with the Xorg nvidia driver. >> > > Alas, 3D is essential to my current work with the AVSynthesis program. I'm > using nVidia cards in both my desktop machines, and they're running rt > kernels. Not the most recent kernels, but I've had little or no tangential > problem with the nVidia closed-source driver. From other reports it would > seem I'm a lucky guy. Nahh, I've used nvidia a lot and haven't had any problems at all. that said I've never depended on 3D so I cannot speak to that. > > Btw, I plan to check out Arch and Ubuntu 8.10 with this machine. Geoff > Beasley swears by Arch, and I liked what I saw when I did some reviews of > software running on Ubuntu 8.04. IIRC you're a Gentoo user, but please opine > on either of those systems if you know them. I don't use either and personally had so much trouble with Redhat/Fedora package management that I'd never go back to systems that mix libraries. It never worked well for me. Some important product like Ardour or Rosegarden would release a new version and I'd find that the binary didn't match my system and building it was a hassle. Building from source on Gentoo is trivial - it just takes time which I have lots of so it doesn't bother me. I looked recently at Arch based on Geoff's comments but couldn't get up the energy to try it out. Maybe I should and go through it at the same time you do... > >> Don't know what to tell you. Maybe you can still go back to the store, >> or another store, with the Linux install disks and try things out >> without opening this box. I suspect that with the economy being so bad >> that you're going to see LOTS of laptop deals over the next few >> months. If you need something this week that won't help but I'm sure >> there will be lots of low price machines out there. >> > > I've been laptopless (that sounds a bit dodgy, eh?) for a while, and I do > want one asap. > > >> Good luck. If you decide to keep it you can be assured that you're >> going to get LOTS of support from LAU members, but we can't fix real >> problems with support by the kernel if it isn't there. >> >> > > Thanks, Mark, the assistance and encouragement is greatly appreciated. I'm > going to sleep on a decision, but I'm leaning favorably towards opening it > up in the morning. I'll post again tomorrow with the news. > > Best, > > dp > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
