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‎12-20-2020 07:37 PM

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Product: HP Envy X360 Ryzen 5
Operating System: Linux

So, if I understand correctly, there's nothing proprietary on the HP motherboard or BIOS to prevent or lock me from installing Linux Mint? I'm running Linux Mint on my 12 year old HP Pavilion DV5. Runs great. Windows sucks!

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‎12-21-2020 04:18 AM

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Hi @NJSteve67 

 

Welcome ! Sending you a sincere greetings from a fellow Tux-user 😉

 

Generally speaking, you should not have problems installing Ubuntu/Mint on any of the HP computers. However, througout the years I was able to find a few on which I could not install/boot from Linux. You will for sure not have problems with business class machines such as Elite, Z series (e.g. notebooks Elitebooks, Zbooks, etc).

 

Note that most computers nowadays are designed with Windows in mind, therefore there may be some hardware functions which might not work as expected even if you manage to install Linux distro on it.

  • If you come across an issue, try with another kernel (older or newer).
  • If it does not help, research online in Ubuntu forums/communities or in Linux Mint forums.

Cheers ! Happy holidays !

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