Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Gordon Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: drivers for linux Date: 20 Dec 2012 08:07:44 GMT Lines: 7 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net d5cEAVULw77NZCe7IcLM9QGpSj4+rHICQuxgsh/ASimkSUMvFKpVNQMRazUIUux6bC Cancel-Lock: sha1:LqjZA1EesCycYhhNge1gxtJb9j0= User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.hardware:1578 On 2012-12-18, michaelnix775@gmail.com wrote: > i have an hp pavilion 3065dx notebook that i want to install a custom version of suse linux on, the problem is the drivers on the hp website only support windows 7. is there any way i could get them to run on linux Just to be clear. In Linux the drivers are in the kernel. You do not add drivers in the Windows sense. As other posters have said new hardware is more likely to give you trouble.