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+title: "Dinky USB Monitor as a Good-Enough Smart Display"
+date: 2021-03-30
+no_toc: true
+---
+
+## The Dream
+
+<https://dakboard.com/>
+
+## The Compromise
+
+<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077YYCD87/>
+
+## Getting it to Work on PopOS
+
+(out of the box, had a bad streaking effect due to incorrect detected resolution)
+
+<https://engineerworkshop.com/blog/adding-a-portable-usb-monitor-to-ubuntu-how-to-set-up-a-displaylink-driver/>
+
+Still need to figure out how to adjust color profile --- builtin color manager isn't doing anything.
+
+## Good Things to Put on It
+
+Trello:
+* <https://askubuntu.com/a/1190546>
+* <https://github.com/Racle/trello-desktop/releases>
+
+Gmail:
+* <https://github.com/timche/gmail-desktop/releases>
+
+Google Calendar
+* <https://github.com/klinker24/google-calendar-desktop/releases>