I use a 15" XGA - what do you use?

rnturn · 05-31-2022, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by fatmac

Just a bit of fun - what size screen do you regularly use?

I have two Asus 27" 1920x1080 monitors. One that's dedicated to my Linux desktop and the second that I share during the workday with the company-issued HP Win10 laptop.

At one job site some years ago, I had three monitors (two horizontal, one vertical for editing) + Mac laptop screen. I'd like to do that again but I think I need a bigger desk (and a video card with more outputs) to pull that off with my Linux machine. :^D

mrmazda · 05-31-2022, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by rnturn

I had three monitors (two horizontal, one vertical for editing) + Mac laptop screen. I'd like to do that again but I think I need a bigger desk (and a video card with more outputs) to pull that off with my Linux machine. :^D

Many motherboards of recent years sport 3, 4 or 5 graphics output connectors. I have 3 with 3, and 4 with 4. One supports only 2 connected displays at once. The rest support 3, e.g.:

Code:

# inxi -GSxx
System:
  Host: ab560 Kernel: 5.17.0-1-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 11.2.0 Desktop: Trinity v: R14.0.13 tk: Qt v: 3.5.0 wm: Twin dm: TDM
    Distro: Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel RocketLake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 730] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2
    empty: HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4c8b
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x3720 s-dpi: 120
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,bottom model: Acer K272HUL res: 2560x1440
    dpi: 109 diag: 686mm (27")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary,top model: NEC EA243WM
    res: 1920x1200 dpi: 94 diag: 612mm (24.1")
  Monitor-3: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-2 pos: middle model: Samsung
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 305 diag: 184mm (7.2")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RKL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.8
    direct render: Yes

USB-3 docks generally provide additional graphics outputs.