HP Pavilion a6120n
I purchased an HP Pavilion a6120n from BestBuy in October 2007. The specs for the PC when purchased were as follows.
Status: LINUX COMPATIBLE
Distributions
Specifications
- Intel Core 2 Duo (Viiv E4400) 2.0Ghz
- 2GB RAM
- 320GB Serial ATA Hard Disk
- 15-in-1 memory card reader
- DVD Burner (with Lightscribe)
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Intel GMA 950) w/ 64MB RAM
- Windows Vista Home Premium (OEM)
- 10/100 Ethernet (on-board)
- Audio (on-board)
Special Notes
I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on this PC. It installs in the DEFAULT configuration and recognizes all onboard devices. You can enable 3D effects with the Intel GMA adapter.
If you want to upgrade the graphics you CANNOT boot this device without the original video adapter (the on-board) being enabled and set as the default. Windows WILL boot fine, but Linux will kernel panic if you set the primary video adapter as PCI. I was able to get two PCI video adapters to work in conjunction with the onboard but the 3D effects did not function. In the end I had a very usabled TRI-head display system with the only negative of not having 3D rendering, which for a web development box is not a big deal.
Onboard sound, video, media card readers, and ethernet adapter all worked by default with both Ubuntu 7.10 and Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.