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From: matthew.garman@×××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dell LCD display
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:40:55
Message-Id: 20060114023923.GB28665@sewage.sewage.fake
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Dell LCD display by "Anthony E. Caudel"
1 On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 08:04:48PM -0600, Anthony E. Caudel wrote:
2 > I'm thinking about getting one of the Dell Widescreen Ultrasharp
3 > LCD displays.
4 >
5 > Has anyone used one under Gentoo (x86) and how good is it?
6
7 Which one are you looking at? I have the 2005FPW (the 20"
8 widescreen). I got a great deal on it by watching hot-deals.org
9 everyday until there was a sale and an Internet coupon. I upgraded
10 from a 19" nonflat CRT.
11
12 The monitor itself is great; no complaints. Works perfectly with my
13 hardware (Vid card = nVidia ti4200 AGP). FYI, here's the modeline I
14 use:
15
16 Modeline "1680x1050" 119.0 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 -hsync +vsync
17
18 The only other thing to look out for is font setup. I had to spend
19 a bit of time reading up how to get my fonts to look good. It
20 wasn't hard, as there's tons of documentation out there that
21 describes getting nice fonts in X.
22
23 Having said that, in hindsite, I think I'd prefer to have *two* 20"
24 4:3 LCDs running side by side (rather than one widescreen). Just my
25 personal opinion, but that goofy resolution the 2005FPW uses
26 (1680x1050) is kind of awkward---any interesting desktop background
27 you find will either need to be stretched, cropped or tiled.
28
29 I certainly don't regret buying it at all. I'd just recommend
30 thinking through what kind of apps you regularly use, and how they'd
31 be affected running at 1680x1050. For me, the main thing I wanted
32 was the ability to run a terminal right next to Firefox without
33 resorting to a tiny resolution. And now I have that :)
34
35 Also, my friend has the 24" (2405FPW). He runs Windows, and I
36 didn't look at it too long, but that thing is MASSIVE. Makes mine
37 look tiny. But for the price, you could buy two of the one I have!
38
39 Hope that helps,
40 Good luck,
41 Matt
42
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44 Matt Garman
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