[PLUG] Looking for a new ubuntu laptop to connect to 2 external monitors

[Smith, Cathy]

You may want to check out System 76.
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-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at pdxlinux.org [mailto:plug-bounces at pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of c
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 12:20 PM
To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <plug at pdxlinux.org>
Subject: [PLUG] Looking for a new ubuntu laptop to connect to 2 external monitors

I'm starting to research laptop options for my new work machine. I like to run ubuntu and I really want to get a laptop that I can connect to my 2 desktop monitors for most of my use. (yes I basically want something that functions like a docked machine/desktop, except for the ability to take it to meetups, travelling, etc.)

I think that as long as I get something with a discrete video card, I should be fine with connecting 2 external monitors with one rotated 90 degrees. I tried with a laptop with onboard graphics and rotated monitors would never work. From some research it looks like. Other people have had luck with multiple external monitors and rotation on linux as long as they were using nvidia cards.

Anyone on the LUG running a Dell precision laptop with multiple external monitors? Just curious if anyone had found they had an easy or a miserable time with them.

Thanks,
Purcell
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