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