On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 20:28 +0200, Mark Ryden wrote: > Hello, > I am thinking of buying a Dell 2209WA 22'' display and to use it > under Fedora. I need this monitor especially for long hours of > writing code and reading documents. I do not intend to use it at all for > movies/games. This monitor is a bit more expensive than the average; > however, it has an e-IPS panel, which is (so I was told) a bit better > than the common panels (TN). > I would appreciate if anybody who had tried this monitor > with Fedora can give any feedback to this post. > Especially I am interested in whether he could set the resolution to > 1680 x 1050 (which is the maximum resolution for this monitor) > and which model of display adapter did he use, and was he satisfied with > this monitor. (Especially was the text sharp enough, and would he > recommend this display for long hours of text-based usage like > programming/reading docs). > > > Rgs, > Mark > > PS > (Also I would like to know the output of running : xrandr). > I've got a 22" DELL 2208WFP (TN) and a 24" 2408WFP (S-PVA), and I can't say that the difference between the two is earth shattering. Unless you are into image retouching, a good TN is "Good Enough(tm)". Both monitor are auto detected (1680x1050, 1920x1200) out of the box by both the nouveau driver and the binary nVidia drivers. - Gilboa - Gilboa -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
