Hi,
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 6:22 AM, Dharshana kasun Warusavitharana
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dkasunw@gmail.com> wrote:
> i bought new laptop Compaq presario CQ61-203tx with NVIEDIA card . And i suppsoe to install ubuntu on it . but on ubuntu forums i found that ubuntu causes over heating in compaq Presario CQ60 series.
The series has a whole array of configurations and it's unlikely that
the whole series has a linux problem.
> Shall i know any one using linux with compaq laptops . hp never recommend this coz there also promoting microsoft by them selfe.
HP doesn't promote Microsoft, they just guarantee the software they've
tuned and tested for the hardware they sell. With acpi, the OEMs
decide how to manage the hardware and the operating system plays an
important role. So I'm not surprised if there are issues with Ubuntu.
On the other hand, linux kernel works well on most of the hp laptops
I've come across.
> And i appreciate if any one have better suggestions other than ubuntu to be installed. Im using fedora for 4 years and vista is a junk for me. Specifications are as follows.
> Im bit hesitating coz my laptop is only 5 days old . I think u can understand my situation.
I suggest you first shrink the Vista partition and dual boot into
linux. The factory installed system contains important parameters
which may be useful to tune the linux system. Later on when things are
settled you could use the whole disk for linux.
Note that you should keep the recovery partition (or back it up). Your
warranty is usually void if you don't have the factory installed
system when you send for repairs.
Cheers,
~parthi
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