Installing Ubuntu on HP Pavilion g6-2007TX laptop

Solution 1:

Try the Live version of the USB/CD. Linux kernel typically has the drivers you need. The live version of Ubuntu, aka Try Ubuntu, is the default option on the install disk. Once running it allows you to run "System Testing" your computer for compatibility.

Ubuntu also has pretty "sane" defaults -- and is quite stable and one of the most installed and tested desktop distrobutions. I suggest using Ubbuntu 12.04LTS -- as its most stable and will have security patches until 2017. But 12.10 might have more ubdated drivers if you have a particularly new laptop. In general HP has pretty good support for open source drivers.