Re: Ubuntu (kde/4k)

2016-06-22 Thread Michael Butash
Ah, I meant more gpu really. Nothing against their cpu's, but their hardware and drivers in the linux video realm leave much to be desired. Amd still lets the ATI division toward linux run like a bastard stepchild to support the hardware with proper drivers. With radeon oss drivers surprisin

Re: SSD & Linux

2016-06-22 Thread Wayne D
The Magician software doesn't work on ALL Samsung drives. Just specific models. Look this up on the Samsung site. On 06/22/2016 05:26 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:08:07 -0700 Lyle Tuttle wrote: Got a new SSD to update my laptop.Samsung 850 EVO -- looks like the softw

Re: 4k tv / monitors

2016-06-22 Thread Bryan O'Neal
Correction, i have both running on HDMI while I wait for them to be replaced since the display ports died. On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Bryan O'Neal < bryan.on...@theonealandassociates.com> wrote: > I picked up a pair of Dell P2715Q displays. And over HDMI they are > seriously lovely, but ov

Re: 4k tv / monitors

2016-06-22 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I picked up a pair of Dell P2715Q displays. And over HDMI they are seriously lovely, but over display port they are amazing, until they stop working. I have both running on display port while I await a dell RMA. This seems to be a common problem effecting nearly 20% of the units shipped. However at

Re: SSD & Linux

2016-06-22 Thread Stephen Partington
He is likely referring to the SSD magician software that they make. On Jun 22, 2016 5:20 PM, "Steve Litt" wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:08:07 -0700 > Lyle Tuttle wrote: > > > Got a new SSD to update my laptop.Samsung 850 EVO -- looks like > > the software is not compatible w/Linux Mint 17.

Re: SSD & Linux

2016-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:08:07 -0700 Lyle Tuttle wrote: > Got a new SSD to update my laptop.Samsung 850 EVO -- looks like > the software is not compatible w/Linux Mint 17.3.anyone have a > solution? > > TIA > > lyle That's a mystery. I'm sitting here with Void Linux on a 256GB SSD root

Re: hugin

2016-06-22 Thread Michael
luminance hdr works again. I wonder what changed? On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > When you do the final stitching you have to check off what kind of output > you want. By default it will give you a jpg or tiff, but if you look > further down the stitching page you will fi

Re: hugin

2016-06-22 Thread Brian Cluff
When you do the final stitching you have to check off what kind of output you want. By default it will give you a jpg or tiff, but if you look further down the stitching page you will find "High dynamic range merged stacks". That being said, I don't think that this is what you think it is. T

hugin

2016-06-22 Thread Michael
I just found out you can do HDR with hugin. How do you do it? I found the instructions but: 1. Take bracketed shots of your scene. done 2. Open bracketed images in Hugin. Align - let's say - the middle exposures together and set the stacks in

Re: 4k tv / monitors

2016-06-22 Thread Brian Cluff
According to the review here: http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/vizio/e-series-4k-2016 it looks like it's ticks all the boxes for a good candidate for a computer monitor. Brian Cluff On 06/22/2016 06:39 AM, Bob Elzer wrote: Make ? Model number ? Where did you get the deal? Hey Brian can I ge

Re: SSD & Linux

2016-06-22 Thread Todd Cole
reading a few reddit notes that the 1 TB was incorrectly identified but that was patched a year ago so most mint/ubuntu should have had it fixed a long time ago. worst case noted was slower speeds due to incorrect id so the trim settings would be off a bit. it would be easy to test. On Wed, Jun 22

Re: 4k tv / monitors

2016-06-22 Thread David Schwartz
I’ve been using a 39” 4K TV as a monitor with my MacBook Pro for about 8 months now. (I keep the MBP closed.) My only complaint is not the monitor, but the fact that my eyesight is degrading (I’ll be 60 next month) and I can’t read most stuff displayed at “native” resolution. This is true of th

Re: SSD & Linux

2016-06-22 Thread Stephen Partington
The software is mostly windows tweaks and alterations. I think firmware updates and the like will need either their bootable ISO or a windows partition someplace. On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Lyle Tuttle wrote: > Got a new SSD to update my laptop.Samsung 850 EVO -- looks like the > sof

SSD & Linux

2016-06-22 Thread Lyle Tuttle
Got a new SSD to update my laptop.Samsung 850 EVO -- looks like the software is not compatible w/Linux Mint 17.3.anyone have a solution? TIA lyle --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, o

Re: 4k tv / monitors

2016-06-22 Thread Keith Smith
That sounds great!! What refresh rate are you running? On 2016-06-22 05:19, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: Yes... I have a 55" 4K TV as my laptop monitor. I can fit the 17" 1900x1080 laptop monitor 4 times over and it looks as crispy (or better) than the laptop. I paid 400 bucks for the TV.

Re: 4k tv / monitors

2016-06-22 Thread Bob Elzer
Make ? Model number ? Where did you get the deal? Hey Brian can I get your thoughts on the vizio E43u-d2 model On Jun 22, 2016 5:19 AM, wrote: > Yes... > I have a 55" 4K TV as my laptop monitor. > I can fit the 17" 1900x1080 laptop monitor 4 times over and it looks as > crispy (or better) than t

Re: 4k tv / monitors

2016-06-22 Thread kitepilot
Yes... I have a 55" 4K TV as my laptop monitor. I can fit the 17" 1900x1080 laptop monitor 4 times over and it looks as crispy (or better) than the laptop. I paid 400 bucks for the TV. The same real estate in monitors would add up to over a thousand bucks. Go 4K ET Keith Smith writes: H