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Re:Hacking the LG Monitor's EDID by hyperman1 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @12:59PM (#37325156)
Basically, they tested it on these 2 and then shipped it. If it would fail on win or osx, LG would not ship it.

At first, this seems a reason not to use Linux, but a future upgrade of win/osx will break your hardware. Tons of hardware gets obsoleted this way. Meanwhile, Linux will just keep on working.

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Re:Hacking the LG Monitor's EDID by trelane on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @10:03PM (#37331619)
> Basically, they tested it on these 2 and then shipped it. If it would fail on win or osx, LG would not ship it.

Yep. I first and foremost look fir Linux support explicitly called out in the system requirements. If I can't find it, I look for reviews mentioning Linux.

But explicitly supported is always the best, ideally backed by reviews that confirm it.

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