[Nottingham] VNC box in place of port replicator

[Jason Irwin]

On 20/02/14 16:40, Duncan wrote:
> I'm not wedded to the System76 boxen but I like the Galago's because they
> can be given a worthwhile spec (fair CPU, 16GB of RAM, mSATA+SDD ) while
> having a good screen (fullHD IPS).
They appear to be Clevo W740SU's. Oddly enough, PC Specialist doesn't
seem to ship that variant. Schenker or Novatech might.

> Most of the bland offerings seem to
> have n-2 of the above (good memory with crap CPU and HDD
> or good CPU + memory but poor graphics and terrible screen resolution) etc.
Agreed! Simple things like a back-lit keyboard are as rare as hen's teeth.
Even the T430 was a compromise but it seems to have worked out thus far.
It was getting to the point that I was seriously considering a MBP, but
those can't be easily upgraded/repaired.

> Second: Stick two fingers up to displaylink for not producing
> linux friendly drivers by using comparable cost hardware +
> open source software to provide all of the necessary features.
Third: Give a talk about it and have some beers?

-- 
╔═════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Jason Irwin ║ OpenPGP (GPG/PGP) Public Key: 0xD0C592B1 ║
║             ║ Import from hkp://subkeys.pgp.net        ║
╚═════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╝