<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">I'll just list everything I use, and recommend, which will be broader than what you probably asked for.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In desktops...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You'll find a lot of OEMs and resellers that offer Linux out-of-the-box, or even 'no OS' with the option to install what you want. One can also self-assemble, and just look up the main board models for various support details.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">E.g., even Dell Financial Services (DFS) 'off-lease' (2-3 year old models post-lease term) offers some with 'no OS.' I get 40-50% off coupons from Dell or 'deal' sites (e.g., DealNews) regularly for those. I highly recommend one only buy 'Grade A' if one goes off-lease Dell. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But I often self-assemble when it comes to desktops.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">E.g., I'm still on a 2014-era, i7-4970K (Haswell) on an ASRock Z97m Mini-ITX in a SilverStone SG05 (7x9x11") portable case (w/600W SFX PS) , with a nVidia GeForce GTX 1080Ti 11GiB GDDR5 "Mini-ITX" (Zotac brand 8" long) video card. I have a 2TB 2.5" SSD and 4x 2TB SSHD in RAID-10. That's my primary SteamOS appliance. I also have a lower-spec, older i5-2500 (SandyBridge) on a Foxconn H67S Mini-ITX with a nVidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GiB GDDR5 as my living room SteamOS set-top in my living room. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In notebooks... </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I recommend Clevo or Dell 'Professional' notebook lines.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Clevo is the world's largest notebook ODM, and Sager is their largest redistribution in North America. Sager resells their own models with the 'Windows tax' (~$25/system). But Sager also wholesales, without the 'Windows tax,' to countless North American resellers, like System76 (who offer Ubuntu). There are other resellers, including some that offer the option to install the distro you want. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Dell's 'Professional' notebook lines off-lease via Dell Finanancial Services (DFS), namely the 12-14" Latitude and 15-17" Precision. As desktops, only buy 'Grade A' off-lease DFS notebooks - - e.g., I had a 'Grade B' m4700 K2000m GPU go belly-up just after the 1 year extended warranty was up. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I've been using <span class="money">$300</span> (after 40-50% off coupon) Dell Precision units almost exclusively since they first came off-lease in late 2013 / early 2014. I also have carried a sub-<span class="money">$200</span> Latitude. Both use the same docking stations too. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">E.g., I'm currently on a pair of Dell Precision m4800 (i7-4810MQ + K2100m) notebooks upgraded to 32GiB RAM (4x8GiB DDR3L) and a combination of 1TB mSATA cards + 2x2TB 2.5" SSHD drives for storage. I also have a Dell Latitude E7240 (i5-4300U) upgraded with 16GiB (2x8GiB DDR3L) and a pair of 512GB mSATA cards (although I'd get a E7250 or E7270 today, the latter is DDR4 and M.2 instead of DDR3L and mSATA). <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To get three (3) screens, it depends on your resolution.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">E.g., One could use a single DisplayPort split out into two (2) 2.5K DisplayPort or HDMI outputs (in fact, my Dell PR02X docking stations do that), and then another output for another output. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">One can also add cards. If you want 3x 4K, that will get intensive, but can be done. Xorg makes it simple to combine, although I've never tried Weyland. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- bjs</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">**P.S. I'm seriously looking at the AMD Zen2 line as it comes out in both notebooks and mainboards this year, especially with the RadeonSI/RADV+AMDVLK open source support getting very good, and challenging nVidia proprietary drivers in performance. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">When it comes to the mainboards, in addition to adding an upgraded, discrete AMD GPU, I'm actually looking at the BGA (soldiered), Mini-ITX (or even Nano or Pico-ITX) Epyc (instead of Ryzen) models, because AMD Zen series are all SoC (System on a Chip) so the mainboard is really little more than a pin-out/trace-set (unless you get something that has lots of extra ports and things). But I go for Small Form Factor (SFF) the most. </div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 13:10 Howard Bampton <<a href="mailto:howard.bampton@gmail.com">howard.bampton@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">One come at it from a different direction way to answer this would be to look at what hardware Dell, System76, and other vendors will sell you with Linux preinstalled- if they are willing to support it, presumably Linux support is pretty good (admittedly my circa 2010 System76 laptop does have a System76 provided driver for its video).</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 1:46 PM Wes Westhaver <<a href="mailto:wes@westhaver.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">wes@westhaver.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Hello,<br>
<br>
I would like to purchase a desktop computer, install Linux (Ubuntu or<br>
Mint?), and attach two (possibly three) monitors to it. Can anyone here<br>
provide guidance on what desktop systems and video cards are well supported<br>
by Linux?<br>
<br>
I'm probably going to purchase some refurbished equipment from<br>
PCLiquidations (<a href="https://www.pcliquidations.com/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.pcliquidations.com/</a>) since I'm on a tight<br>
budget. <br>
<br>
Until now, I've only had experience with using Linux as a server (mostly<br>
headless). But I want to get away from MS-Windows and go completely Linux.<br>
Any advice would be very much appreciated.<br>
<br>
-Wes<br>
<br>
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