Looking for advice

[Stuart Hirsch]

I see you also have a pi top next to your system. How do you use it?
Stuart

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> On Mar 5, 2019, at 2:39 PM, Wes Westhaver <wes at westhaver.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks to all who offered advice on my quest for a multi-monitor Ubuntu
> workstation.
> 
> I took a little gamble and bought a used Dell Optiplex 7010 and two 22" Dell
> monitors. The Optiplex has a built-in video card that has two DisplayPort
> ports and one VGA port. I figured that buying a very common Dell PC would
> mean that it's video card would probably be supported by Ubuntu, and if not
> I could buy an appropriate video card.
> 
> Once I had the monitors connected with the DisplayPort cables and Ubuntu
> loaded, I was pleasantly surprised that both monitors came to life. No muss,
> no fuss! Then I set about finding Linux equivalents for all of my Windows
> software. It took a while but I'm very happy to say I now have a nicely
> equipped Ubuntu workstation. Bye bye Windows.
> 
> After a while I got to wondering if the unused VGA port might support a
> third monitor. So I hooked up one of my old 17" Dell monitors and to my
> delight it came to life too! So now I have a ton of screen real estate to
> work with.
> 
> Here's a shot of my system as it stands right now: 
> 
> http://hawking.stealing-fire.com/5FBA1BFE-1109-4E46-B6DB-056595FFC889.JPG
> 
> It turns out that multi-monitor support was a not an issue at all with
> Ubuntu.
> 
> Thanks again,
> -Wes
> 
> 
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