A Tour Of The New Phoronix Office For Linux Benchmarking

The wall-mounted Seiki 39-inch TV was hung via a Cheetah Tilt Wall Mount that can be found very cheap on Amazon. I'll write more on it in a separate article as it's interesting due to its price but isn't the best TV mount out there... When it comes to the other monitor mounts in use, they are all Tyke Supply monitor stands that I continue to enjoy greatly after years of use. The Tyke Supply stands are built well, much more affordable than Ergotron and the like, and work out well. The Tyke Supply LCD monitor mounts/stands are sold via Amazon. There's also one nice SilverStone LCD arm in the mix.

The most common keyboard around is the AmazonBasics USB keyboard, which is the best low-cost keyboard I've seen in a while and have close to a dozen of them around. They all continue working great and none of them have yet to fail. You can find the keyboard for only $11 USD. For mice, Razer I still prefer the most due to their high sensitivity and build quality even though they have yet to release their configuration software for Linux. There's also a few Logitech setups around too and I'm in the process of reviewing some Linux-friendly Roccat products that do have some open-source Linux support.

The desks you see are several of these sub-$100 L-shaped glass desks I'm real fond of and have been using for years. They're low cost, work out great, and have stood up fairly well over the years. For the price it's much better and studier than buying some Ikea-like wooden desks even with all of these monitors. Buy the glass desks at Amazon.com. Also one of my recent additions is the Scrap-Ma-Bob, a great cup holder to avoid spills around all of the equipment.

Of course, with being in the office up to (or commonly over) 100 hours per week, my beer glass collection remains only a few steps away... Over 69 beer glasses (and Gluhwein glasses) at last count that I've collected over the years in Europe, mostly Bavaria. The kegerator is off in the work shop.