• Hp Compaq 6530b

Canonical works closely with HP to certify Ubuntu on a range of their hardware. The following are all certified. More and more devices are being added with each release, so. It is also difficult to determine the right BT device to find a driver for as HP doesn't give any real details in the device specs. Here's the info I have: HP Compaq 6530b notebook PC.

I'm about to install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on my hp probook 6460b laptop, however, as I am completely wet behind my ears with this operating system I want to ask whether is there a website or anything from where I can download all the required drives for my hardware, let's say graphisc, wireless, bios etc., so that they comply with ubuntu 14.04 LTS?

Thanks in advance

2 Answers

That is NOT how Linux(/Ubuntu) works. We have generic drivers so we generally do not download drivers for our systems to get out systems installed.

In general: you start with a Live DVD, pick 'try Ubuntu' and have a general assessment of what is working; if at this point something does not work. You can also set up your wireless at this point (if you do that you can use firefox -during- the installation to browse the web).

Then you choose the installer and have it install (partitioning, setting the username etc).

When this is done you log into your newly created system and will have a working system where the installation installed all drivers for all the hardware it detected.

All the 3rd party drivers are shown in a program called 'additional drivers' and can be installed from there. These drivers are limited to your video card and optionally a wireless driver for cards that use a broadcom chip.

I have a 6460b without discrete graphics and with Intel 6205 Wifi. Booting the live media in UEFI mode, everything worked out of the box, no additional drivers needed.

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