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It's been a while since we ran a story about some facet of people's home computer systems and I got to wondering what kind of monitor setup other Soylentils have at home. (If you have multiple systems, feel free to enumerate each setup.)
For example, I run Win 7 Pro on a Dell laptop which has a Mobile Intel Core 2 P8700 Duo processor and which sports NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M graphics. Instead of using the built-in laptop display, I have a several-year-old Gateway monitor with 1920x1200 resolution @ 59Hz and 32-bit color. I do not do any gaming, so I don't need the latest graphic card/monitor.
Some time down the road, though, I'd like to get a new computer and am thinking about a multi-monitor setup. I'd like at least 1920x1200 across 3 screens, though I'd not mind it if I could afford 3 x 4K screens. I'd like it to be compatible with some flavor of Linux or *BSD, preferably without systemd. Does anyone here have experience with that kind of setup? What OS do you use? What graphics card? What monitors and resolutions do you run?
I know there are some gamers on the site, as well. Here's a chance to brag a bit about your rig!
And, of course, please share any horror stories and/or triumphs, too!
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:47PM
My set up:
3 monitors, in order from left to right
(1) 29" 2560x1080 portrait (LG 29UM65)
(2) 29" 2560x1080 portrait (LG 29UM65)
(3) 30" 2560x1600 landscape (Dell 3007WFP)
The first two are great for web browsing, I maximize a firefox window in each one and I almost never have to scroll. It was weird for the first week or so because putting an ultra-wide monitor in portrait mode makes them ultra-tall. I also tweaked a couple of websites with the element hider in umatrix (or adbock) to make them better fit the 1080 width. But now that I'm used to it, I never want to go back.
FWIW, all 3 monitors are driven with the video built into my intel cpu. The first two are hdmi and the last is displayport with an $15 adapter to dvi because the monitor is nearly 10 years old now.