These usually run great with linux. I work a lot with Pavilions and EliteBooks at work running linux. ATI mobility gpu can cause intermittent issues with screen flickering in linux with the os drivers (and in the BIOS on some, I think it's defect)- looks like you have an Intel GPU on that one, which should work just fine with Ubuntu. Personally I'd recommend Dell or Toshiba over HP- they tend to be better built enclosures. My wife still has an Inspirion 6000 (P4) that is 10 years old and still runs fine (replaced HD once a year ago, added RAM, and swapped the keyboard once over the years). Not only that, but at my last job we were sending HP Pavilion laptops back constantly because the plastic falls apart within a year of light to medium use. -- Jeremy MountainJohnson Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Shane Lambert <shaneisageek at gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been using an HP dv7 2022 at work for almost a year now. Works fine under Ubuntu if you make sure to have the correct video drivers. Mine detected the wrong one and I had to manually install the correct driver. > > The fan can be loud under extreme load but I have never had mine shut down. Every so often though the machine will not shut down normally and I have to froce it to shut down. I like that it has a second drive bay in it which now has a solid state drive. Beware, last I checked, memory for these is on the high side. > > On Dec 13, 2012 11:09 PM, "Mike Miller" <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I found an HP Pavilion g7-2022us for $500, which seems like a good-enough deal, but I plan to just overwrite the Windows OS with Ubuntu. I'm wondering if any of you have experience with these HP Pavilions. Do they run OK with Ubuntu or other Linuxes? Are there any sticking points? >> >> TIA. >> >> Mike >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >