what is the best distro for HP laptop?

[Christopher Browne]

Well, the "famous flavours" of Linux (let's say, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora,
CentOS, Arch) are reasonably likely to have broad enough support going on
that they all have a decent chance of including suitable drivers for
old-ish laptops.

It's worth taking a peek at a Linux Laptops site.
I see several entries for the DV9000T <
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/hp.html>

That suggests that Fedora and Mandriva are distributions that people have
used, albeit with old-ish versions, back around 2006.

For laptops, it's well worth looking to resources like linux-on-laptops.com.
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