2009/7/18 Sean Miller <[email protected]>: > What is this? A vt220 or something? > > vt220s will be 132 wide, but I don't know why you're bothering... > > Why not simply put a normal monitor on it and get 1024x768 or whatever? > > Confused... is this some sort of "retro" thing? > > Sean
#1, I don't have any spare bigger monitors to use & can't afford to buy more. #2, I normally administer my server from my main PC, using SSH for Linux boxes and Rdesktop for Windows ones. The screen on the server itself is, literally, a monitor, used during setup and to occasionally check things are all right even if a bigger PC isn't running or to hand. #3 I have 2 old mono VGA monitors lying around that still work fine with modern kit and they're so small that they can sit on top of a pair of servers, connected to 2 at once via a switch box, and still fit under a desk. #4 Being green involves re-using old kit that still works. Typically half or more of the energy used in the lifetime of a piece of IT equipment is spent making it, not running it. By making its working life as long as possible, you save energy; by replacing working kit with something newer, you waste energy. #5 Ubuntu Server only runs in text mode; what is the point of wasting a perfectly good large graphical display on it? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: [email protected] • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: [email protected] Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: [email protected] • ICQ: 73187508 -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
