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    will linux fedora os work on my hp dv6113us?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by stokednihilist, Nov 25, 2006.

  1. stokednihilist

    stokednihilist Newbie

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    now that i've learned (the extremely hard way...) that hp has their own versions of windows, i'm doubting that fedora will work on this machine either.

    anyone know for sure?
     
    stokednihilist, Nov 25, 2006
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  2. Sleepy_Sentry

    Sleepy_Sentry Notebook Enthusiast

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    I see no reason why it wouldn't work. Just get a Fedora Live CD and try it out. Live CDs let you try out an operating system without installing it.

    HP is very Linux friendly for a computer maker. In Europe, they do (or did when I heard about it) offer Linux laptops. They have also donated to open source projects in the past.
     
    Sleepy_Sentry, Nov 25, 2006
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    erinspice Newbie

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    yes, I'm typing this post from my dv6113us running Fedora Core 6 right now.
     
    erinspice, Dec 28, 2006
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    jka/v Notebook Consultant

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    They will also run ubuntu and other distros that I've tried as well.
     
    jka/v, Dec 29, 2006
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    rockharder Notebook Evangelist

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    Just to make sure you don't want any QPlay update on your system any more. The GRUB master boot sector will conflict with any QPDP reinstallation. If it is already there, then it will be fine. But if you want to reinstall it, then you end up with reinstall everything.

    I just did it, and doing it right now. Well, I have to say I have no choice but do a clean XP Pro install w/o blowares. But I have no fun with reinstall OS.
     
    rockharder, Dec 29, 2006
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