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On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 08:04:48PM -0600, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: |
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> I'm thinking about getting one of the Dell Widescreen Ultrasharp |
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> LCD displays. |
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> Has anyone used one under Gentoo (x86) and how good is it? |
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Which one are you looking at? I have the 2005FPW (the 20" |
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widescreen). I got a great deal on it by watching hot-deals.org |
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everyday until there was a sale and an Internet coupon. I upgraded |
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from a 19" nonflat CRT. |
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The monitor itself is great; no complaints. Works perfectly with my |
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hardware (Vid card = nVidia ti4200 AGP). FYI, here's the modeline I |
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use: |
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Modeline "1680x1050" 119.0 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 -hsync +vsync |
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The only other thing to look out for is font setup. I had to spend |
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a bit of time reading up how to get my fonts to look good. It |
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wasn't hard, as there's tons of documentation out there that |
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describes getting nice fonts in X. |
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Having said that, in hindsite, I think I'd prefer to have *two* 20" |
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4:3 LCDs running side by side (rather than one widescreen). Just my |
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personal opinion, but that goofy resolution the 2005FPW uses |
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(1680x1050) is kind of awkward---any interesting desktop background |
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you find will either need to be stretched, cropped or tiled. |
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I certainly don't regret buying it at all. I'd just recommend |
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thinking through what kind of apps you regularly use, and how they'd |
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be affected running at 1680x1050. For me, the main thing I wanted |
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was the ability to run a terminal right next to Firefox without |
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resorting to a tiny resolution. And now I have that :) |
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Also, my friend has the 24" (2405FPW). He runs Windows, and I |
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didn't look at it too long, but that thing is MASSIVE. Makes mine |
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look tiny. But for the price, you could buy two of the one I have! |
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Hope that helps, |
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Good luck, |
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Matt |
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Matt Garman |
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