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External USB graphic card display adapter to VGA for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

What external USB graphic card display adapter to VGA is working with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS? I would like to use one similar to this one: JUA210 USB 2.0 VGA Display Adapter (https://en.j5create.com/products/jua210?variant=10607890692). Any…
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Looking for an A4-wide cabled portable thermal direct printer, can be old

I am looking for a thermo printer that can print on A4-wide thermo paper (rolls, like FAX-rolls) and otherwise is quite small. I do not need an inbuild battery or such, I do not need any wireless data transfer (and I in fact do need some kind of…
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What laptop should I buy for rendering/3d modeling?

I work with Maya/3DsMax and Redshift/Vray (usually Redshift, rendering on a graphics card). I need to buy a powerful mobile workstation so I can render things quickly. Which parameters should I look for when searching for a laptop for this? Are…
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Max Output Voltage preamplifier

I'm looking for a preamplifier to get 1-2 Volt as Maximum Output Voltage from a microphone with jack or RCA. It should get a line-in signal and then modulate in FM. I've found one potential option, though I'm not 100% sure if it works for what I…
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Looking to upgrade my CPU while avoiding the Intel Management Engine or AMD Platform Security Processor

Background There are numerous problems with the Intel Management Engine and the AMD Platform Security Processor or similar always-on master key "backdoors". Both practical, and (most importantly) ideological. According to my extensive research…
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What is a price efficient parallel number crunching server?

I'm looking for a server to run large number of parallel processes for statistical calculations (Ubuntu + Python). Currently we use 2x16 cores and 512Gb RAM (disk is of secondary importance): Supermicro SuperWorkstation 7048GR-TR Barebone System -…
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Xeon 2011-3 motherboards that support *unbuffered* (non-registered) ECC RAM?

I'm looking at raw memory speed in a setup where RAM bandwidth is important. Right now the servers are using Xeon E5 16xx v3's and v4's with about 96 - 160 GB of ECC RDIMM 2133/2400. A lot of people ask online about the difference between ECC and…
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Please suggest a b350 motherboard with good on-board sound

I am in the process of choosing the parts for my first build. I chose the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and decided that b530 motherboard would be the best option for me. I am not going overboard for this build. This is primarily for casual gaming with either…
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Arduino compatible Bluetooth Cat. 1 module

I'm looking to add a Bluetooth module to an Arduino project that I'm working on that will take outdoor temperature measurements. I plan to have several measurement stations over distances of several 10s of metres which ultimately have to communicate…
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Cheap, reasonable 3TB internal HDD

I'm in need of a 3.5" 3TB HDD to be used as an all-encompassing backup drive for the rest of my data, as I don't currently have a system in place and that needs to change as soon as possible. Because the drive will be a backup drive it will be kept…
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good monitor for linux photo editing

I'm looking for a monitor to do photo editing on Linux. I have been really impressed by the Apple iMac 5k displays: the display is really sharp and the colors are really amazing. Obviously, I won't switch to a Mac because of this: I have other…
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Laser Dry Electrostatic vs Indirect Electrostatic photographic

My office is buying photocopy machine and we are stuck between the printing technology which is making it difficult to choose one. canon imagerunner 2520 has Laser Dry Electrostatic Transfer System Toshiba Studio 2309A has Indirect Electrostatic…
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Access control system for a club

A UK-based friend has asked my to recommend a single access control system for a members club/bar* with a single door. (* despite the "home-security" tag). [Update] he now tells me that it should control two doors. There is an existing system with…
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Projector with Build-in Desktop PC

I'm looking for a 1080P capable projector that is also a PC (built-in). Instead of dedicating a separate computer (to always be hooked up to a projector in the meeting room), it would be nice if I could find a projector that could do remote desktop…
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SSD for Linux system with Linux virtual machines

I want to buy an SSD for the specified reasons, and reliability and price are the most important for me. I want to do/learn C++ programming and get to know Linux in a deeper level. My budget would be 155 USD at most.
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