linux on dm1z

[mysho111]

hi, want to buy  HP Pavilion dm1z  so i need to know if someone is running ubuntu or some other linux on it and what are issues, what works and what doesn't work, and if amd fusion apu can be undervolted in linux, and if scaling works well

[pepe999]

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mysho111 wrote:

hi, want to buy  HP Pavilion dm1z  so i need to know if someone is running ubuntu or some other linux on it and what are issues, what works and what doesn't work, and if amd fusion apu can be undervolted in linux, and if scaling works well

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Ask here: www.ubuntu.com

I think that it might work. Try Sabayon linux, http://www.sabayon.org/ I have been using it for 2 years now and I love it. There are many drivers for wifis, graphics cards, etc.. loaded in the live environment already. You don't have to use restricted drivers like on Ubuntu. There are approptiate drivers straight from NVidia, ATI or Intel. CPU scalling works perfectly, if the CPU supports the feature. Sabayon also has the newest kernels (means support), in the latest version 5.5 - 2.6.37-sabayon

From my experience, I would recommend an Intel machine, not AMD...

[mysho111]

thaks for your advice, maybe i will try sabayon, but i want some answers by users of dm1z, or at least AMD/ATI machines, cause i want to know what is compatibility of dm1z with linux, not some intel/nvidia machine, and don't try to make me buy something other then amd e-350

[pepe999]

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mysho111 wrote:

thaks for your advice, maybe i will try sabayon, but i want some answers by users of dm1z, or at least AMD/ATI machines, cause i want to know what is compatibility of dm1z with linux, not some intel/nvidia machine, and don't try to make me buy something other then amd e-350

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Ok, it's your choice..

This review is exactly a week old. I think that this is a brand new laptop and there won't be many users so far.

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/HP-Pavilion-dm1z-review/

[patch-works]

Hi,

Yes it is possible, but you need to get rid of 2 existing partitions (4 is the max); my first choice was Windows 7 and Restore, but for a second try, I would go for boot and Windows 7 (and keep retore

Wifi is not active but drivers are available (I found help on Blogeee.net forum): it works

Catalyst seems also not present (10.04 NBE): should be installed manually, but getting it from Ubuntu software gave a problem (no more "NBE desktop"): I will have to try again

Keyboard specific keys are fine, webcam also

[bigjay]

The only issues I have run into with any linux distro on the dm1z is lack of wifi support out of the box. This has for the most part been resolved with the release of the 3.x kernel. Many linux distros now work well out of the box on the dm1z. I currently have mine dual booting between Windows 7 and Kororaa (my favorite linux distro btw, it is a modified fedora if you have never heard of it) and use Kororaa as my primary OS. It is the only pre 3.x(2.6.38) kernel with wifi support out of the box that I have tried. I believe that any distro with a 3.x kernel will have wifi support out of the box, at least all of the ones I have tried (Chakra, Ubuntu 11.10 beta, Fedora 16 alpha, OpenSUSE 12.1 milestone 5). I would highly reccomend Kororaa, but any of the distros I have mentioned should work fine for you.