Previously on my story:
I had a HP envybook 13(Model:13-ab023TU). This model was quite ’famous’ of its bad hinge. The two hinges of my book not only broke itself but also broke the screen. Finally I just remove them both, and what was left was this old baby! I've got to say that it looks like a headless body LOL!
a laptop without a screen
OK, end of memories.
The keyboard and the control pannel are not good as well but luckily my portable monitor has them both. Unfortunately the USB-C port of my headless laptop do not have DP function so I have to use another HDMI cable to project the screen. (PS: if the USB-C port of the laptop are fully functional I just need ONE USB-C CABLE)
This old baby only have a 4G onboard RAM, so besides windows or linux, I decided to use a special system. It is a chrome-os-like operating system called Fyde OS. After installation, the old guy is able to run the chromium browser, linux apps and some android apps at the same time. And when the devices run properly, they look like this:
combination set
screenshot of the system
As the Fyde OS could run some android app, this is how it looks like when I watch some lectures on TED. (PS: the Monitor screen is NOT touchable, sorry for my hand if I make any misunderstanding.)
entertaining tent mode
I will make the headless envy book an entertaining device and link it to the TV to watch online videos.
In case anyone wants to learn more about the operating system that I download or the devices I used to finish the installation, I put the links below. If you are interested just help yourself.
The Monitor: https://store.changingtouch.com/products/x14-lite
The system: https://fydeos.com/
I had a HP envybook 13(Model:13-ab023TU). This model was quite ’famous’ of its bad hinge. The two hinges of my book not only broke itself but also broke the screen. Finally I just remove them both, and what was left was this old baby! I've got to say that it looks like a headless body LOL!
a laptop without a screen
OK, end of memories.
The keyboard and the control pannel are not good as well but luckily my portable monitor has them both. Unfortunately the USB-C port of my headless laptop do not have DP function so I have to use another HDMI cable to project the screen. (PS: if the USB-C port of the laptop are fully functional I just need ONE USB-C CABLE)
This old baby only have a 4G onboard RAM, so besides windows or linux, I decided to use a special system. It is a chrome-os-like operating system called Fyde OS. After installation, the old guy is able to run the chromium browser, linux apps and some android apps at the same time. And when the devices run properly, they look like this:
combination set
screenshot of the system
As the Fyde OS could run some android app, this is how it looks like when I watch some lectures on TED. (PS: the Monitor screen is NOT touchable, sorry for my hand if I make any misunderstanding.)
entertaining tent mode
I will make the headless envy book an entertaining device and link it to the TV to watch online videos.
In case anyone wants to learn more about the operating system that I download or the devices I used to finish the installation, I put the links below. If you are interested just help yourself.
The Monitor: https://store.changingtouch.com/products/x14-lite
The system: https://fydeos.com/