Robert, Thanks for the input. I will check out Spider and see if that works. I was also thinking of hooking it to my tv to see if I could use that as a temporary monitor.
Sincerely, Ginger Coxey On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ginger, > > I cannot speak for the Linux clinic, but if you are up for an > adventure, you can try a few things before going. Here are two > possible options: > > 1) attach an external monitor and install linux as you normally would > 2) attach a single-port KVM switch[1], connect to it, and install as > you normally would. > > As for Ubuntu or RedHat, they are both good distros. Since you are > familiar with CentOS, you may want to try that one first. Then repeat > with Ubuntu. > > Good luck and let us know how things turn out. > > [1] http://www.lantronix.com/it-management/kvm-over-ip/spider.html > > Regards, > - Robert > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:34 PM, G C <[email protected]> wrote: > > I want to use an laptop that has a broken screen to install a headless > > linux os on it and connect it to my new windows laptop. Is the Linux > > clinic on Sunday the 16th a good place to assist and get info on how to > > complete this task (or get better solutions LOL). I have a download of > > ubuntu server as well as a full download of centos (I work with Red Hat > and > > centos so not sure how much different ubuntu is). > > > > Ginger > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
