[Linux-aus] Screen/keyboard/touchpad for server maintenance

[Arjen Lentz]

Hi Russell

On November 28, 2025 8:02:38 PM GMT+10:00, Russell Coker via linux-aus <linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:
>On Friday, 28 November 2025 17:45:07 AEDT Arjen Lentz via linux-aus wrote:
>> It seems these are on extra special today
>> https://dopesplay.com/products/dopesplay-14-1-inch-1200p-hdr-ips-portable-mo
>> nitor-with-keyboard-built-in-5000mah-battery
>> 
>> Easy to carry around in your backpack of tools, or just to leave in a rack.
>
>https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008215581802.html
>
>I'd been looking at this one from AliExpress for $249.19 which is cheaper than 
>the current price of Arjen's one that is currently $343.  This AliExpress one 
>is only 1920*1080 while Arjen's one is 1920*1200.
>
>Also this AliExpress price is $106.80 off for "black Friday".  But the way 
>things work on AliExpress is that it's always a discount, it's like Copper 
>Art, so if you miss today's discount there will be another.

Just to prevent any confusion, my original message did say that the final price goes to $257.25 during checkout, due to the extra black Friday discount.
So they are actually very similarly priced.


>Yifei and I are still working on FOSS mobile phone stuff and Yifei will have 
>two such devices at EO2026 for doing phone as laptop demos.
>
>We will run at least one BoF related to Linux on mobile phones.

Cool.

>Also it will be nice when they start shipping servers with USB-C console 
>connections that do DP, keyboard, mouse, and USB-PD.

Yes, for sure. But it'll still be a good long time until all the old gear is gone.

Regards, 
Arjen.
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