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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) by fubari on Monday August 22 2016, @05:57PM
For my laptop when I travel this thing has been awesome: ASUS MB MB169B+ 15.6" [amazon.com]. $180 well spent.
Very slim, easily fits in my backpack, fully powered by laptop (usb3). Uses display link drivers, and some of the amazon reviews say it works w/Linux (haven't tried that myself, just linux running in a vm on a windows host).
I've used it at home on my desk some times; can be nice to have an extra monitor in portrait mode for reading PDF's and longer web pages.
If you get one of these, make sure you look for the "+" plus option (as in MB168B+) which is 1920 x 1080, the cheaper versions I've looked at are only 720p vertical and hate trying to use 720p monitors :-)