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My 2020 desk setup

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Re: My 2020 desk setup

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Post by whatever1 »

bluedino wrote: post #49
whatever1 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is so sad that for us not in the Apple Ecosystem it is impossible to find a desktop HiDPI display. We are stuck in 4k for the past 5 years. This Dell is the only "option", but I don't know how many of us can afford spending $5k on a monitor with a lifetime of ~ 3 years that has not shown great reliability. Meanwhile, Linux has made the lives of 4k display owners unlivable due to the lack of non-integer scaling. A…

Is there no way to use an LG 5K? The bad thing about the 8K is needing a $500 video card which also means it's not an option for laptop users (I guess you could with an eGPU

There are some very hacky ways that involve special add-on cards for the motherboard, special motherboard model requirements, gpu connector requirements and even special software to adjust the brightness.

It is doable, but it is expensive, and it may or may not work properly. One example that I remember is one where some users who attempted the above setup reported that they need to unplug & re-plug the monitor after it sleeps.

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Post by jvolkman »

illuminated wrote: post #6

"I found that using only one monitor allows me to focus more on what I’m doing, and I don’t miss anything about a multi-monitor setup." This. I had the same realization maybe 7 or 8 years ago and it is true for me. With multiple monitors it's like moving your hands away from the keyboard all the time and looking for the mouse. Same happens for me while looking for anything across the 2 or 3 monitor setup. It just wea…

When I started at my current company they gave me a single 43" 4k monitor. It felt ridiculously huge at first, but now I'm not sure I could ever go back to anything smaller. At the distance I sit from it, the ~102 PPI is perfect for 100% scaling. I bought a 43" Samsung TV to use at home.

As you mention, I find using a laptop screen for development really painful now.

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Post by safog »

raveenb wrote: post #52

I prefer the multi monitor setup and use at least one in portrait/vertical mode. Fits with my ide and jupyter notebooks

Similar setup - I just throw my terminal full screen on a vertical monitor (w/ GNU Screen) and don't find it distracting in any way.

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Post by favadi »

whatever1 wrote: post #42
bluedino wrote: post #11

8K monitor sounded ridiculous until I realized that's basically Retina @ 32-34"

It is so sad that for us not in the Apple Ecosystem it is impossible to find a desktop HiDPI display. We are stuck in 4k for the past 5 years. This Dell is the only "option", but I don't know how many of us can afford spending $5k on a monitor with a lifetime of ~ 3 years that has not shown great reliability. Meanwhile, Linux has made the lives of 4k display owners unlivable due to the lack of non-integer scaling. A…

> A 5k display with 200% scaling at 27" would help the situation, but we don't have that option.

I'm reading this thread using the LG 5K monitor with Linux, mostly working fine.

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Post by mhd »

That's a lot of money between screen and GPU just to get crisper fonts (as the rest of the GUI is scaled x3 and thus you don't get that much more screen real estate). Is this really worth it for you? I regularly switch between a 5k iMac and regular 1920x1200 display, and sure, I can see pixels, but I don't find myself caring that much.

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Post by m0xte »

illuminated wrote: post #6

"I found that using only one monitor allows me to focus more on what I’m doing, and I don’t miss anything about a multi-monitor setup." This. I had the same realization maybe 7 or 8 years ago and it is true for me. With multiple monitors it's like moving your hands away from the keyboard all the time and looking for the mouse. Same happens for me while looking for anything across the 2 or 3 monitor setup. It just wea…

Agreed. I’ve just dumped my second monitor as well. I’m now down to one Iiyama 22” 1080p unit. I’m considering replacing it with a larger 4K monitor but am demotivated to do this because I don’t want to futz with it all now.

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Post by jseliger »

mhd wrote: post #56

That's a lot of money between screen and GPU just to get crisper fonts (as the rest of the GUI is scaled x3 and thus you don't get that much more screen real estate). Is this really worth it for you? I regularly switch between a 5k iMac and regular 1920x1200 display, and sure, I can see pixels, but I don't find myself caring that much.

Considering how many hours a day he likely uses his machine, it may work out to something like the difference between a few cents and 10 cents an hour.

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Post by akvadrako »

whatever1 wrote: post #42
bluedino wrote: post #11

8K monitor sounded ridiculous until I realized that's basically Retina @ 32-34"

It is so sad that for us not in the Apple Ecosystem it is impossible to find a desktop HiDPI display. We are stuck in 4k for the past 5 years. This Dell is the only "option", but I don't know how many of us can afford spending $5k on a monitor with a lifetime of ~ 3 years that has not shown great reliability. Meanwhile, Linux has made the lives of 4k display owners unlivable due to the lack of non-integer scaling. A…

This is just wrong. PCs work fine with 5K 27" displays like the LG Ultrafine 27MD5KA.

Personally, I prefer the 5K2K 34" screens though like LG 34WK95U or MSI Prestige PS341WU.

Re: My 2020 desk setup

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Post by souterrain »

akudha wrote: post #26

That keyboard looks weird - maybe its because I haven't used it myself. Anyone used it? Can you share your experience?

I had a very hard time getting used to the matrix (“ortholinear?”) layout of the keys. I think this is because I don’t touch type “the right way.”

I’ve had greater success with the UHK in tenting configuration and as wide as my shoulders.

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