HP Pavilion needs distro recommendation (and install guidance) (slrpnk.net)

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HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC
Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 @ 1.5GHz
2GB RAM Hitachi 500GB HDD
Windows Vista

What distro would you recommend?
Can this be done with a USB or will a DVD be necessary?

I want to save it from ewaste because it has a ridiculous number of ports on the sides.

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[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Damn, a dv6000 series, I had a dv6175 twenty years ago....

What are your plans for it, you mention saving it from ewaste due to it's many ports, so I suspect you will use it for diagnostics or labwork.

If so, you would probably be best suited with an older version of Ubuntu, possibly something like 8.04 or so.

That should run decent on the machine and allow you to use the ports for whatever labwork/testing you may require.

But be careful and avoid browsing the public internet with it.

[-] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Spot on! Before wiping, Vista showed the last update to be ~June '06.
Sadly, it's not as impressive in the ports as I initially thought (didn't know what I was looking at).
Not real sure what I'll end up doing with it. It's in good condition.

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