HP NC6230 success

Hi All,

I (finally) got my HP NC6230 delivered yesterday. Much to my disgust, but my life's story, sign away my soul, blah, blah....now onto Linux!

Obviously all of the 60GB drive was parbreastioned for NTFS. So I booted from the latest knoppix (3.9) and ran qtparted as root. Resize, commit, wait (about 15 minutes) voila! Sweet, no the NTFS parbreastion is only 20GB.

Next step was to boot from the Kubuntu 5.04 (Hoary) CD and see how far things got. To my utter amazement, *everything* was recognised out of the box and configured correctly. Even the Intel Pro Wireless 2200B-G (integrated via mini-PCI slot) was working. :D

This machine has now got all my old lappy's data migrated over, auto-config scripts restored (roll-my-own-profile stuff coz I couldn't be bothered privatesing around with all the "whereami" frufru) and everything just humming and clicking.

Last step - install the ATi (X300) binary driver to get the 3D acceleration going and that's it! Even without the ATi driver, the machine is perfectly useable as a desktop-replacement. So if anyone has been wondering what makes for a painless Linux+Lappy combination, I highly recommend the HP NC6230 with Ubuntu-Kubuntu. Note though, this lappy comes standard with the evil Broadcom chipset - I ordered mine specifically with the IPW2200BG Wifi as I knew it was supported under Linux. Supoort those whose support F-OSS!

Cheers,

James -- You will be surprised by a loud noise.