Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-17 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/16/2017 10:34 PM, Sorin Srbu wrote: It is, thank you! Real life experiences are worth a lot to me, thanks again. the problem is, a couple year old model is probably core gen 5... a new one will be core gen 7, Kaby Lake, and thats where there are more likely problems. -- john r

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-16 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of ken > Sent: den 16 november 2017 17:00 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > > I'm looking into getting HP laptops for our department runni

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-16 Thread ken
On 11/02/2017 09:29 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: Hello all, I'm looking into getting HP laptops for our department running CentOS 7. Last time I checked this was some five or so years ago, and when I look at https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops, nothing much seems to have happened since. At that

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-07 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Tue, November 7, 2017 12:41 am, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Valeri >> Galtsev >> Sent: den 6 november 2017 16:31 >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> >> Subj

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-07 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Mark > Haney > Sent: den 7 november 2017 15:04 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > On 11/07/2017 08:24 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: > &

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-07 Thread Mark Haney
On 11/07/2017 08:24 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: We don't run anything on Server 2016, only have a Server 2012 left. Last I tried was with Server 2012, a year or so ago. I dealt with 2012 print servers exclusively until 2016 was released.  It worked better than anything prior especially considering

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-07 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Valeri > Galtsev > Sent: den 7 november 2017 14:49 > To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > >> Generally all t

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-07 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Tue, November 7, 2017 7:24 am, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Mark >> Haney >> Sent: den 7 november 2017 14:10 >> To: centos@centos.org >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-07 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Mark > Haney > Sent: den 7 november 2017 14:10 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > On 11/07/2017 01:41 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-07 Thread Mark Haney
On 11/07/2017 01:41 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: When I first started at this job almost twenty years ago fresh out of IT-school, I had an idea to use a Windows print server as this was what I knew. I wasn't trusted with the *nix farm yet then. Over the years I have tried at least once a year to get

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-06 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Valeri > Galtsev > Sent: den 6 november 2017 16:31 > To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > > > Our departmen

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-06 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Mon, November 6, 2017 1:01 am, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Valeri >> Galtsev >> Sent: den 3 november 2017 18:33 >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> >> Subj

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-06 Thread Johnny Hughes
november 2017 11:43 >>>> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? >>>> >>>> yeah, it's just a normal USB dongle, and it's supported by the Linux >>> Kernel, >>>> that'

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-05 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Valeri > Galtsev > Sent: den 3 november 2017 18:33 > To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > Whoever wants to listen

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-05 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of John R > Pierce > Sent: den 6 november 2017 07:56 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > On 11/5/2017 10:45 PM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-05 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/5/2017 10:45 PM, Sorin Srbu wrote: What would you consider be a tested and proven working, newish chipset? its really the CPU now that matters, rather than the 'chipset', as most all the base IO devices are in the CPU (ethernet, sata, video). I think Kaby Lake support is still a

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-05 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Johnny > Hughes > Sent: den 3 november 2017 14:43 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > > For the vast majority of laptops that ar

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-03 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Fri, November 3, 2017 3:01 am, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Valeri Galtsev >> Sent: den 2 november 2017 15:21 >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> >> Subject: R

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-03 Thread hw
Johnny Hughes wrote: On 11/03/2017 03:53 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: -Original Message- From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Gary Stainburn Sent: den 3 november 2017 11:43 To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-03 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 11/03/2017 03:53 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Gary >> Stainburn >> Sent: den 3 november 2017 11:43 >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> >> Subject: Re: [Ce

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-03 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Gary > Stainburn > Sent: den 3 november 2017 11:43 > To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > yeah, it's just

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-03 Thread Gary Stainburn
t; > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Gary > > Stainburn > > Sent: den 2 november 2017 15:10 > > To: centos@centos.org > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > > > On Thursday 02 November 2017 14:04:11 Gary Stainburn wr

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-03 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of m.roth@5- > cent.us > Sent: den 2 november 2017 15:46 > To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > > I usual

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-03 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Valeri > Galtsev > Sent: den 2 november 2017 15:21 > To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > > On Thu, November

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-03 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Tru Huynh > Sent: den 2 november 2017 15:13 > To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 01:29:5

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-03 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Gary > Stainburn > Sent: den 2 november 2017 15:10 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > On Thursday 02 November 2017 14:04:11 Gary Stainbur

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-03 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Ian Pilcher > Sent: den 2 november 2017 16:36 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > > Anybody care to chime in with a comment or hint

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-03 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of m.roth@5- > cent.us > Sent: den 2 november 2017 15:30 > To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > Sorin Srbu wrote: &g

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-02 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/2/2017 8:35 AM, Ian Pilcher wrote: I'm very happy with my Dell Precision 5520 "developer edition".  It shipped with Ubuntu and runs Fedora pretty much flawlessly.  I haven't tried CentOS, but Dell claims that RHEL support on their spec sheet, so I would expect it to work well. Dell also

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-02 Thread Ian Pilcher
Anybody care to chime in with a comment or hint on the laptop situation and-or their experiences? I'm very happy with my Dell Precision 5520 "developer edition". It shipped with Ubuntu and runs Fedora pretty much flawlessly. I haven't tried CentOS, but Dell claims that RHEL support on their

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-02 Thread m . roth
Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > On Thu, November 2, 2017 8:29 am, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I'm looking into getting HP laptops for our department running CentOS 7. > To be fair I must mention here that I love HP printers, and the whole > attitude of HP towards printers they make. Decent HP

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-02 Thread m . roth
Sorin Srbu wrote: > > I'm looking into getting HP laptops for our department running CentOS 7. > > Last time I checked this was some five or so years ago, and when I look at > https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops, nothing much seems to have > happened since. > > At that time, I had to give up

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-02 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Thu, November 2, 2017 8:29 am, Sorin Srbu wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm looking into getting HP laptops for our department running CentOS 7. I usually recommend against HP laptops. I had Compaq quite some time ago (the last was bought out by HP shortly after I got my laptop), and I have seen a

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-02 Thread Tru Huynh
On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 01:29:53PM +, Sorin Srbu wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm looking into getting HP laptops for our department running CentOS 7. At daily work, we have elitebook 840g2 and 840g3, works out of the box with C7. (on the g3, the FN/light shortcuts are not working). ymmv. Cheers

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-02 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Thursday 02 November 2017 14:04:11 Gary Stainburn wrote: > On Thursday 02 November 2017 13:54:41 Sorin Srbu wrote: > > Thanks. > > Would you know what chipset that particular wifi-dongle is running? > > > > A wifi-dongle may work, but I'm thinking it's not really desirable to go > > that way. >

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-02 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Thursday 02 November 2017 13:54:41 Sorin Srbu wrote: > Thanks. > Would you know what chipset that particular wifi-dongle is running? > > A wifi-dongle may work, but I'm thinking it's not really desirable to go > that way. > I'm figuring the users will loose that dongle sooner than later! :-)

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-02 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Gary > Stainburn > Sent: den 2 november 2017 14:48 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7? > > I've got a HP Envy laptop and I'm fairly happy wi

Re: [CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-02 Thread Gary Stainburn
I've got a HP Envy laptop and I'm fairly happy with it. The internal WiFi doesn't work with Centos but a £5 WiFi dongle sorted that. Oddly, it still stops working once the battery drops below 50% ish. Mine is dual boot with Win8 which is pants. The biggest problem is that whenever I do much

[CentOS] HP laptops with CentOS 7?

2017-11-02 Thread Sorin Srbu
Hello all, I'm looking into getting HP laptops for our department running CentOS 7. Last time I checked this was some five or so years ago, and when I look at https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops, nothing much seems to have happened since. At that time, I had to give up CentOS on laptops, as