Guest gooseborg@gmail.com Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor On Sep 25, 5:32 pm, Peter Köhlmann <peter.koehlm...@t-online.de> wrote: > sittingduck wrote: > > Charlie Tame wrote: > > >>> Getting the video modes right can sometimes be a bit of a challenge for > >>> many. > >> Yes it can but Ubuntu is easier than most and these kinds of things get > >> easier all the time. > > > Dual monitors is a real PITA under linux too. Even if you get them both > > working, there are very limited options for configuration. > > Really? Strange that I haven't noticed since two years Of course you don't Peter Kohlmann. You earn your living running and programming WINDOWS applications. That's why you haven't noticed.
Guest Stephan Rose Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:32:33 +0200, Peter Köhlmann wrote: > sittingduck wrote: > >> Charlie Tame wrote: >> >>>> Getting the video modes right can sometimes be a bit of a challenge >>>> for many. >>> Yes it can but Ubuntu is easier than most and these kinds of things >>> get easier all the time. >> >> Dual monitors is a real PITA under linux too. Even if you get them both >> working, there are very limited options for configuration. >> >> >> > Really? Strange that I haven't noticed since two years Me neither. Last I recall, it was Windows that left me stranded on dual monitor support when nVidia dropped full screen overlay support on their video drivers. I ceased being able to watch movies on Windows' halfassed second "Desktop". Bad thing when my second desktop is my TV. "Oddly enough," this is absolutely no problem under Ubuntu and took about a few mouse clicks to set up. =) -- Stephan 2003 Yamaha R6 君のこと思い出す日なんてないのは 君のこと忘れたときがないから
Guest Frank Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor Adam Albright wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:30:27 +0100, "dennis@home" > <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote: > > >>"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message >>news:6ihif39a8jaoss8f6ojr93q5rj9cpd1rfu@4ax.com... >> >>Still wrong. > > > Frank should be worried. You may surpass him as the most moronic > poster in this newsgroup. Considering how many nuts there are here, a > considerable achievement. Bully for you Dennis! > You should worry and wondere why a friggin minkie is smarter than you'll ever be, mr genius...mr computer expert...hahaha...lol! Frank
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor Stephan Rose wrote: <paraphrased> > Dual monitors is a real PITA under ____ (insert OS here) <snip> Isn't most of what this has to do with (dual monitor support) a function of the drivers and software coming from the hardware manufacturer of said video card being utilized? I realize there are some simplistic support functions in the OS itself for such things - but in the end - with good drivers and software from the manufacturer - the built in functions of the OS are completely replaced with the ones provided by the driver/software which shgould be provided for whatever OS by the manufacturer of said hardware? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest Peter Köhlmann Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor Frank wrote: > Adam Albright wrote: > >> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:30:27 +0100, "dennis@home" >> <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote: >> >> >>>"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message >>>news:6ihif39a8jaoss8f6ojr93q5rj9cpd1rfu@4ax.com... >>> >>>Still wrong. >> >> >> Frank should be worried. You may surpass him as the most moronic >> poster in this newsgroup. Considering how many nuts there are here, a >> considerable achievement. Bully for you Dennis! >> > > You should worry and wondere why a friggin minkie is smarter than you'll > ever be, mr genius...mr computer expert...hahaha...lol! > Frank Nobody is worried After all, you seem to have inherited the smarts of max two slightly retarded slices of bread -- Microsoft's Guide To System Design: It could be worse, but it'll take time.
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor *Apologies - sittingduck, not Stephan Rose wrote: > <paraphrased> > Dual monitors is a real PITA under ____ (insert OS here) > <snip> Shenan Stanley wrote: > Isn't most of what this has to do with (dual monitor support) a > function of the drivers and software coming from the hardware > manufacturer of said video card being utilized? > > I realize there are some simplistic support functions in the OS > itself for such things - but in the end - with good drivers and > software from the manufacturer - the built in functions of the OS > are completely replaced with the ones provided by the > driver/software which shgould be provided for whatever OS by the > manufacturer of said hardware? * correction in quote made above... -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest JEDIDIAH Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor Re: Does linux support my new widescreen monitor On 2007-09-25, dennis@home <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote: > > "Charlie Tame" <charlie@tames.net> wrote in message > news:OUARBay$HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >> Probably not on Debian actually but see this is what you are missing. >> Beryl, Compiz and a couple of others are NOT finished products and the >> community does NOT release them pretending that they are. I said, which >> you and Dennis apparently cannot interpret, "Getting easier", I did not >> say perfect... > > I think its you that doesn't understand.. Linux is unfinished and it > probably will remain that way as there will always be a new windows manager I don't know what the alleged fuss is about. Linux completely supports the widescreen monitors on laptops. It completely supports desktop widescreen monitors. It completely supports your TV in the living room. > in the wings.. shame they don't fix the simple things first. However they [deletia] -- Sure, I could use iTunes even under Linux. However, I have ||| better things to do with my time than deal with how iTunes doesn't / | \ want to play nicely with everyone else's data (namely mine). I'd rather create a DVD using those Linux apps we're told don't exist.
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