SPEC

Mobile AMD Sempron™ Processor 3400+

Vista Home Basic 32-bite

1024 MB

80 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive

Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support

High speed 56K modem

Ethernet 10/100BT integrated network interface

802.11b/g WLAN Broadcom BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02)

1 VGA port; 3 USB 2.0 ports; 1 RJ 11 modem connector;

1 RJ 45 Ethernet connector; S-video TV out; 1 Headphone-out, 1 mic-in

15.4” WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen1280 x 800

GeForce™ Go 6100

3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated

Altec Lansing® speakers

Touch Pad volume control, mute buttons, 1 Quick Launch Button

LINUX DISTRO

Ubuntu Hardy 8.04

You can grab a download from the Ubuntu home page Ubuntu home page

LIVE CD BOOT

No problems -- booted to correct resolution

I did experence problems booting the LiveCD with a USB Hub attacted to the computer.
But all fine once not attacted, this still seems to be a problem, when booting up the OS form hard-drive.

INSTALLATION

Booted the liveCD through to a working system

Then selected the option to install to hard-drive

BOOTING UP

- No problems. Very quick to load, Hell of aload fasater then XP or Vista.

- Ubuntu freezes with USB hub attached, onced removed, continues to load.
No need for a reboot, just unplug and plug back in once loaded.

POST INSTALLATION

- Wireless was bit of a pain, but after serval attempts got it working just fine,
with help from this thread on the forums here.

- Ethernet worked straight out the box, so did sound and graphics.

- The special HP "FN" buttons weren't activefrom the start,
just change your Keyboard layout to, HP 6000 series, and then all your keys work.

NOT TESTED

-Modem

-s-video

-vga

-hibernate / suspend / resume