New wide screen 19" monitors vs. suse
Has anyone tried the 19" wide screen monitors on a suse box yet? Does version matter? I am currently using 9.3, waiting for my 10.1 dvd to arrive. Can I see a wider spreadsheet? How do I set it up? an on and on ... tia, -- John R. Sowden AMERICAN SENTRY SYSTEMS, INC. Residential & Commercial Alarm Service UL Listed Central Station Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967 mail@americansentry.net www.americansentry.net
On Aug 2, 2006, at 12:36 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
Has anyone tried the 19" wide screen monitors on a suse box yet? Does version matter? I am currently using 9.3, waiting for my 10.1 dvd to arrive. Can I see a wider spreadsheet? How do I set it up? an on and on ... tia,
I've not used one with Linux yet, but... Keep in mind it depends on what you are doing... I think they are more geared to watching movies. Personally they are too short. If you measure the total square inches they have, they are the same size or smaller than a "smaller" non- wide screen, er.. screen. You may be scrolling less back and forth, but more up and down. That's what I don't like. Thanks, George
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 17:36, John R. Sowden wrote:
Has anyone tried the 19" wide screen monitors on a suse box yet? Does version matter? I am currently using 9.3, waiting for my 10.1 dvd to arrive. Can I see a wider spreadsheet? How do I set it up? an on and on ...
I don't use a 19" widescreen, but my 17" widescreen laptop was easy to set up - just a matter of chosing the correct resolution (which as it happens YaST identified by default.) The main factor is whether your graphics card supports the resolution you want to use. As for wider spreadsheets, I find I can have two fully usable windows open side by side, whereas with a 4:3 screen they would have to overlap to make each one usable. Dylan -- "The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out." (Chinese Proverb)
Has anyone tried the 19" wide screen monitors on a suse box yet? Does version matter? I am currently using 9.3, waiting for my 10.1 dvd to arrive. Can I see a wider spreadsheet? How do I set it up? an on and on ...
I don't use a 19" widescreen, but my 17" widescreen laptop was easy to set up - just a matter of chosing the correct resolution (which as it happens YaST identified by default.) The main factor is whether your graphics card supports the resolution you want to use.
As for wider spreadsheets, I find I can have two fully usable windows open side by side, whereas with a 4:3 screen they would have to overlap to make each one usable.
I've got an Acer 20" AL2016W widescreen TFT (16:10) and it works fine. Resolution is 1680x1050... I wouldn't trade it for a 4:3 monitor for any money. The extra desktop space is so nice. Setup in 10.1 was a breeze. It's not ID'd perfectly on setup (freq range for my monitor isn't right by default so it goes out of range and blanks the screen in teh test mode) so I selected a lower compatible resolution (1440x990 - usually used for 19" widescreens) and continued the setup. Then when I installed the nVidia driver, I just tweaked the freq settings in SAX2 for the 1680x1050 resolution (everything else about the monitor card was detected and I left it alone). Once it's up and running, everything displays as expected on a wide desktop. I don't have any grumbles about any application (running on KDE) in the wide screen aspect ratio. C.
Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll stick to the std 19". Its the visual real estate that I'm looking for, not to view the movies. Thanks again, John On Wed August 2 2006 09:36, John R. Sowden wrote:
Has anyone tried the 19" wide screen monitors on a suse box yet? Does version matter? I am currently using 9.3, waiting for my 10.1 dvd to arrive. Can I see a wider spreadsheet? How do I set it up? an on and on ... tia, -- John R. Sowden AMERICAN SENTRY SYSTEMS, INC. Residential & Commercial Alarm Service UL Listed Central Station Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967 mail@americansentry.net www.americansentry.net
-- John R. Sowden AMERICAN SENTRY SYSTEMS, INC. Residential & Commercial Alarm Service UL Listed Central Station Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967 mail@americansentry.net www.americansentry.net
On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 11:45 -0700, John R. Sowden wrote:
Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll stick to the std 19". Its the visual real estate that I'm looking for, not to view the movies.
Have you considered going "dual headed" if you want desktop real estate ? Peter
Am Mittwoch, 2. August 2006 18:36 schrieb John R. Sowden:
Has anyone tried the 19" wide screen monitors on a suse box yet? Does version matter? I am currently using 9.3, waiting for my 10.1 dvd to arrive. Can I see a wider spreadsheet? How do I set it up? an on and on ... tia,
It is more down to the video card than the monitor or SUSE itself. You need a fairly modern video card and the relevant driver to use the non-VESA modes that the widescreen monitors use. Most nVidia, ATi and Intel chipsets from the last couple of years should be fine. If you aren't using 20"+ widescreen (1680x1050 or better), then you won't find a lot of benefit from going widescreen, they are a little wider, but you loose height, and the total number of pixels is lower than a standard 1280x1024 TFT panel. The 20"+ panels make a very noticeable difference, although I still feel cramped, having used dual-head for the last year or so (twin 17" TFT's)... The 20.1" LG panel is really clear and stable, and I don't get the monitor frames in the middle of the picture, but it is still a little frustrating at times, 1680 is still less than 2560 ;) -- David Wright Wright Information Services Europa "I got to go figure," the tenant said. "We all got to figure. There's some way to stop this. It's not like lightning or earthquakes. We've got a bad thing made by men, and by God that's something we can change." - The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
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