<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">Just to provide more info on System76 (Clevo [1])... </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">System76 notebook units are Clevo - - the largest notebook Original Device Manufacturer (ODM) - - units, typically wholesale via Sager (unless System76's distribution has reached the point they are bypassing Sager), Clevo's largest North American redistributor, both resell and wholesale.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">Clevo units are very reference Intel designs, and modular, usually allowing both CPU and even Mobile PCIe Express Module (MXM) upgrades within 1-2 generations, depending on the unit, and the MXM size (if it has one at all). That makes them very Linux compatible. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">Notebook Review has a forum for Clevo-Sager owners. If one can find the Clevo or Sager model from the OEM's model, then they can look up reviews. [2]</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">Sager pays the 'Windows tax' (~$25/unit for Home, ~<span class="m_1823771663631207215money">$100</span> for Pro) on its models.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">But when it wholesales to others, like System76, they do not.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">So if one doesn't want Windows at all... </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">It's best to go with the other OEMs that Sager wholesales to, like System76.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">But when one wants Windows to dual-boot, then a Sager model will usually be cheaper than adding a full OEM license for Windows (~<span class="m_1823771663631207215money">$100</span> Home, ~<span class="m_1823771663631207215money">$175</span> for Pro).</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">- bjs</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">P. S. Before Dell bought Alienware, they too were Clevo ODM units, exact same models available from many other OEMs. A good marketing strategy, enough that Dell bought them out. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">[1] Wikipedia: Clevo (ODM/OEM) </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"> - <a href="https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevo">https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevo</a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif">[2] Notebook Forum: Sager/Clevo Reviews & Owners' Lounges<span style="background-color:rgb(252,252,255);font-family:'arial','helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:18pt"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"> - <a href="http://forum.notebookreview.com/forums/sager-clevo-reviews-owners-lounges.1069/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://forum.notebookreview.com/forums/sager-clevo-reviews-owners-lounges.1069/</a><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 13:10 Howard Bampton <<a href="mailto:howard.bampton@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">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" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">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 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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