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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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[–] [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago

It took awhile, but it worked. Ventoy on USB drive. First had to take a video to see the Post screen in order to determine which F button to press (F9:boot order). After that no problems, just waited.

Turns out I just didn't realize what some of the 'ports' were; abandoned monitor connections and a little remote control that slides out. There's a DVD drive and headphone jacks, which I like. I am curious about Expandable Port 3, though. There's a command that lists them isn't there?

Didn't really have much of a plan for it. I'm not sure what use case it's best suited for. Tempted to give it as a gift.

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