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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, @09:20PM
For example, I run Win 7 Pro
....aaaaaand we've set the tone!
I'd like it to be compatible with some flavor of Linux or *BSD, preferably without systemd.
Sure, sure, but what's the point if you're never actually *going* to switch over to Linux/*BSD from your Win7... We would all *like* to have a hunting license but unless you go hunting, it's just a 'my dick is bigger than yours' kinda thing.
My real workstation is a 64 core/16TB RAM VPS running in a datacenter somewhere. Where exactly, I don't know and I don't care but that's where I do all of my work. I ssh into the machine so I don't need no fancy graphics card even though I don't do any gaming.
Martha, go grab me mah shotgun, someone's been tramplin' all over mah lawn!
(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:54PM
My real workstation is a 64 core/16TB RAM VPS running in a datacenter somewhere.
That's all? All my images at work add up to more than that.
Conversations with "front end web people" are always really weird, because they can keep their entire project in a tiny little laptop when they work at coffee shops or whatever.
Also makes for weird "aaS" discussions and rants about chromebooks about how can the business world survive if we can only work while SSH and HTTPS access is up... well, I've been living it for many many years now and its not that bad.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @12:01AM
Indeed ubiquitous connectivity is possible even for those web designers working at coffee shops who can tether their laptops to their phones and don't need to use the coffee shop wifi at all. In fact it's better if they don't because chances are good the public wifi is overloaded by kids watching videos. Public wifi is actually great for testing software response to poor network conditions because the kids watching videos add a random element which throttling tools fail to account for in simulated tests.
(Score: 2) by DECbot on Monday August 22 2016, @05:44PM
Shouldn't 640k be enough for anyone?
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:22PM
....aaaaaand we've set the tone!
Fuck you, Bubba! I use Windows 8.1 with Bing on a 7-inch tablet PC and the Touch Keyboard covers half my screen! That's right!! I have a half-monitor setup!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @12:43AM
My real workstation is a 64 core/16TB RAM VPS running in a datacenter somewhere
Yeah we can all afford 250k worth of equipment and have a rack in the garage.
(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Monday August 22 2016, @01:20PM
yeah, it sounds like he has nothing at all and the bill isn't even in his name. I didn't think the lack of having anything was a valid competition entry that is supposed to describe what we had.
I suppose if he had some sort of tele-vision, remote viewing or something capability, like those view screens we see on TV---from which he could monitor what was going on out of there -- that could qualify?