Hello Craig, i'm using Ubuntu 14.04LTS on E7440 (i7, 16GB Ram, SSD disk, intel GPU) without any major issues. Only thing i experienced problem with was that external monitor was sometimes losing signal from display port ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062571). I'm not sure whether it was fixed in Ubuntu or not already, but i haven't experienced this issue previous 3 weeks anymore. Another solution is to use DVI output from docking station.
Best Luck, Stano On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Craig L. <cr...@gtek.biz> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:44:41PM -0400, Steve Litt of > Troubleshooters.Com wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:37:39 -0400 > > ken <geb...@mousecar.com> wrote: > > > > > It's not going in the trash though. It's still good for a headless > > > linux box. Long ago I buffed it up with a big HD and 2G of RAM, the > > > cat5 and 802.11bg wifi still work, as do the two USB ports, DVD r/w. > > > I figure it would still be useful as a print- and scanner server... > > > and/or music server (the sound card is still fine), a sandbox > > > machine, and possibly for some other things. I might spray-paint it, > > > frame it, and hang it on the wall so it looks like art... even as it > > > continues to serve useful purposes. I'd love it if this old piece of > > > crap didn't make it into the landfill until after I do... maybe even > > > *long* after. > > > > > > Linux will never die. It just gets perpetually revised. > > > > Another excellent use for it is as an OpenBSD/pf firewall. Much less > > bulky than a desktop, uses less electricity than an average desktop, > > and in its normal operation you ssh into it so no keyboard or monitor > > is needed. > > I've also used old laptops to monitor power to initiate shutdowns on > systems > connected to “dumb” ups's. > > I've gotten no negative responses to my original question, and I found > folks > running other distros on the E7440, so we're going with it. If I have any > problems I will pass them along for anyone else that is interested in this. > > Thanks all! > > Craig > > PS Speaking of old, I just came across my Star OS disks for the Xerox 6085 > that > I acquired way back in the very early 90s. I never did find a good use for > that > thing, other than running up the electricity bill > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/20140322172950.ga6...@prod1.getsouthern.com > >
