what is the best distro for HP laptop?

William Weaver williamdweaver-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Fri Dec 14 22:57:50 UTC 2012


I believe back in the day they were using Broadcom wifi chips and when it
was still pretty new the ndiswrapper was a pain to configure. That's what
gave alot of those laptops a bad rap.

Will W


On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson <chris-E7bvbYbpR6jSUeElwK9/Pw at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Dec 2012, bob295 wrote:
>
>  On December 14, 2012 11:21:07 AM you wrote:
>>
> ...
>
>  I seem to recall that HP products had a reputation for being less than
>> Linux
>> friendly,  although my experience with them is now quite dated.
>>
>
>    I'm running Mandriva on an HP/Compaq nx6325. I had a little problem
>    at first finding the necessary WiFi drivers, but once I had them,
>    everything has been smooth sailing.
>
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