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I have got a question for all the #tech people out there with experience regarding #hp and #Linux

#Windows11 is being rolled out and I probably will have to set up my Laptop again. Never used #Linux on a PC, so how about:

Do #Linux distributions support HP omen 17 (2019) ?

If so, which one would you recommend for chiefly MS Office use (64-bit Excel a must) ?

How difficult is a set-up for a non-IT pro who has always worked with Windows (but installed systems)?

  • HistoPol (#HP)@mastodon.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    @vipaal

    (1/2)

    Sooo…,

    I have succeeded in using your "SGX to “enable” pretty quickly.
    Still, same errors and the yellow UBUNTU.

    I then saw that there is another boot option with “safe graphics”, which I used. And (partial) “bingo”: I finally got a boot, but still the same disturbing BIOS errors.
    The System then booted in a “safe mode” with 1024x768 resolution.
    I found where I could (theoretically) change this, but as it is “safe mode”–…

    @amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

    • HistoPol (#HP)@mastodon.socialOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      @vipaal

      (2/3)

      …-no changes possible.
      I then Powered Off the system and it hung in several error lines. - Too risky for me and the 1024x768 is unusable nowadays.

      So, final verdict: OMEN is incompatible with UBUNTU, at least.

      Also, I tried to use the Boot Stick on my old ASUS. I did add the USBdrive as 1st boot priority. However, the Laptop does not recognize any bootable OS at all.
      I therefore giv

      @amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

        • vipaal@aus.social
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          1 year ago

          @HistoPol
          Unfortunate to see hurdles thrown in the way to install a Linux based OS by manufacturers, though not quite surprising.

          If the desire to try remains in you, please reach out to the local Linux users group #lug and ask if one of the members could spare a couple of hours with you. Many old timers would be glad to help. Might even bring back their memories of install fests.

          https://www.infofuge.com/hp-omen-17-ubuntu/ there is hope to succeed in installing #ubuntu. Since as you said earlier that this is your first time outside of Windows there may be some loss in translation.

          @amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

          • HistoPol (#HP)@mastodon.socialOP
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            1 year ago

            @vipaal

            (1/2)

            Thank you very much for your help and your kind words in particular.

            I might try again later on, but for now, I need to get my PC moving again.
            Strange that it did not work out with the old ASUS laptop either.

            I will bookmark this post to be able to get back to it.

            Funny enough, creating the Win10 bootstick was a piece of cake (as well) and the installation went smoothly (apart from the “1 m.” updates and restarts).
            Strange, with the…

            @amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux

              • HistoPol (#HP)@mastodon.socialOP
                1·
                1 year ago

                @vipaal

                PS:
                Funny that it DOES seem possible to install Ubuntu on an OMEN-17 after all.

                I quickly read through the steps and recognized them.

                Of course, I did not press install but went for the direct boot from stick.

                In any event, my feeling now is that what the machine says is correct: there is a problem with MY BIOS.

                As I took pics, I will send them to HP as well.

                “Something is rotten in the State of Denmark” (again). ;)

                @amunizp @Linux4Everyone @linux