Hello, Any...

I have asked in another general Linux forum about using a good distro on a 2nd-hand HP Pavillion Laptop (HP-15-AB054TU) that I picked up.
Essentials are core i5-5200U (4-threads) 2.2GHz, 64-bit, Intel HD Graphics 5500.

There are several reasons why I had to ask:-

1. This is a HP laptop. That is, ALL HP components.

In the past I have had to find a distro to"fit" my olde PC mix - and you may have seen one or two of my posts about that. Antix (both 15 and 16) is one of the few distros I could get working on my setup. ANTIX works so well that I use it most often now.


2. The HP laptop is 64-bit

I have only used 32-bit distros.


3. Desire for multi-O/S setup (probably multi-distro too)


4. Win-8.1 already installed
(I have been provided with a solution to not messing up the Win install).

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After a few days I have only had one response - but it was helpful. The Respondent advised that"most distros" would be OK, but he also referenced"Linux Mint Mate" (based on my desire for GUI as practical usage).

Since I like Antix XFCE, can I ask if:-

* anyone has had any direct experience with installing ANTIX-15/16 on that HP model of laptop?

* (senior) has had experience with installing Antix-15/16 on a variety of laptops - even including notable difficulties (if occurred)?


Regards,
aka boombaby

I use mx 15 64bit as my main OS on a HP pavillion in my siganture below. No problems at all.

I also use antix 16 on this laptop.

All of my linux machines are laptops. I have not your particular laptop.

My I5 specs. But not HP.


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But then. I run AntiX like a stole it. Fast and Loud.

Try a bootable USB first.
May have to disable Safe boot to get it to boot.

About the only problem I have it is sometimes the wifi drivers.

$ uname -a
Linux hp-g62 4.0.5-antix.2-amd64-smp #2 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 28 03:44:36 EEST 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Never had any problems with this laptop running AntiX. __{{emoticon}}__

Edit: This is my only HP laptop. (2.13GHz i3 processor.)