[Novalug] OT: monitor?

[Igor Birman]

Watch out if you buy a widescreen monitor.  The version of Ubuntu I have does not have support for widescreen monitors built in to the config, but it is easy to fix by editing the xorg.conf file.  I have a Benq with 1440x900 resolution and looks great in Ubuntu.

Igor

Mike Shade <mshade at mshade.org> wrote: Ditto :-D

I first bought an LCD monitor a couple years back -- some no-name brand.  The picture was terrible and you could only view it from a 15 degree angle while hopping on one foot and rubbing your belly -- but it was flat, dag nabbit!

All I ever needed for that thing were the refresh rates.  Are we getting so spoiled that we have to pick hardware out of a list now? ;) 

-- Mike


On 23.09.2007 09:56 gregory pryzby  wrote


On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 10:15:27AM -0400, Jay Hart wrote: 
> >Greg Wrote: 
> > I am thinking it is time to get rid of my Optiquest V95 which is HUGE 
> > and get an LCD flat panel. 
> > 
> > Any recommendations? Remember I am relatively cheap ;) 
>  
> Great, can I hire you for some web development work? 
 
sure... I do that for ppl that like the look of the web circa 1999. 
  
> Oh, about the monitor, Stick with a name brand, if you can.  I bought a Daewoo 
> about 4 years ago, and the linux support has about dried up on it. (no option 
> to choose it as the monitor I run). 
 
What support do you need? Know the refresh rates and set it yourself 
or take the 'generic' LCD, 19", whatever.  
 
'back in my day I wrote modlines for my xconf'  
 
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