Off-Topic • Re: HP EliteBook 860 16 inch G9 Notebook

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Always been afraid of Dual Boot in case I brick the computer.
Grasped the nettle and shrank Win11 partition on new HP EliteBook
Disabled Secure boot..
Then installed Linux on the unused partition or space.
Loc-OS installer handled the rest - simples Image may be NSFW.
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Native HP Wolf Security interacts beautifully with Loc-OS Image may be NSFW.
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Then I realised I could Triple Boot... See Attached Pics
Note display aspect ratio of 16:10 giving deeper screen view - I like it! Image may be NSFW.
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Can’t put my finger on it, excuse the pun, but typing seems much easier and hence quicker?
Not sure if I need included P2P or Bluetooth?

It has 65W power supply with C type connector.
How you can run 65 Watts through a C type connector beets me?

May make a Screencast video soon? Expect video recorder and video editing software will perform as expected and give the Intel i7 12 core processor a wakeup call...
Laptop runs cold to the touch – strange as no fan noise.
For now sample screenshots uploaded:

Note: I am now able to Triple or Quad Boot Image may be NSFW.
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ziggi@hpelitebook860:~$ inxi -F
System:
Host: hpelitebook860 Kernel: 6.6.60-loc-os arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: LXDE v: 0.10.1 Distro: Loc-OS Linux 23 (Con Tutti)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP EliteBook 860 16 inch G9 Notebook PC
v: SBKPF serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 896D v: KBC Version 02.73.00 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: HP v: U70 Ver. 01.12.02 date: 10/16/2024
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 49.9 Wh (96.0%) condition: 52.0/51.3 Wh (101.4%)
CPU:
Info: 12-core (4-mt/8-st) model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P bits: 64
type: MST AMCP cache: L2: 9 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/2100:1500 cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400
4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 13: 400
14: 400 15: 400 16: 400
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: Luxvisions Innotech HP 5MP Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL GT2)
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
API: ALSA v: k6.6.60-loc-os status: kernel-api
Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: xxxxxxxxxx
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: xxxxxxxxx
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 6.64 GiB (1.4%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL4512HBLU-00BH1
size: 476.94 GiB

Statistics: Posted by Ziggi — 2024-11-24 16:41

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