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, @09:52PM
3 monitors, 2 machines:
i7-4790K with GTX 660 running debian sid with XFCE desktop. this is my main workstation. 2 monitors attached.
i5-3690K with GTX 970 running win7. this is my visual studio, misc windows app and gaming pc. 1 monitor attached.
All three monitors are random 1920x1200 displays from years ago when you could buy such things.
Model M keyboard from 1986, deathadder mouse. I use synergy to share the mouse and keyboard from the linux machine onto the windows pc.
I also have hackintosh, router, and server/nas pcs running elsewhere in the house I remote into.