Doubt you'll have any problems, I run a latitude with Ubuntu and a dual monitor setup (and have done so with other previous Dell laptops) and never had any. I do avoid things like plugging/unplugging while the laptop is asleep though, so can't speak to that.
Might want to consider an Ubuntu blessed laptop just to let Dell know they're on the right track: http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop_us On Wed, May 2, 2018, 12:19 PM c <cbpurc...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
