[ILUG] Dual monitor setup recommendations

Pete McEvoy pete at yerma.org
Sat Dec 16 19:40:47 GMT 2006


On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 09:22:25PM +0000, ilug at maccarthy.org wrote:
> I'm thinking of moving to a dual monitor setup and am investigating my  
> options.
> 
> I'll be running Ubuntu (sometimes windows).  I want to use 2 19" LCDs,  
> and the setup is mostly for a programming setup. I also think the  
> ability to rotate monitors is pretty cool for various tasks. ( as here  
> http://graphicssoft.about.com/b/a/167369.htm ) .
> 
> Is anyone running a setup like this ?  Is anyone using the Dell 19 " (  
> http://tinyurl.com/wb4lx )  LCDs ? ? Opinions?
> 
> Lastly what video card(s)  would you recommend to support dual  
> monitors, and possibly the rotate functionality.

I'm using ubuntu with two monitors, one 17" one 15" , both dell.
Heres the config I use:

http://yerma.org/~pete/temp/xorg.conf

I dont do anything fancy like rotation though.

-- 
Pete



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