Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers (2021)

Re:Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers (2021) by wil421 on Friday December 29, 2023 @07:10AM (#38804120)

100% disagree. I went with 2 4K monitors years ago. When I switched to an ultra wide lat year it was a night a day difference. I wish I never bought 2 4k monitors (or dual monitors at all). Ultra wide is perfect and has a more functionality than a massive piece of each monitor's border in the dead center of your vision.

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Re:Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers (2021) by penguin_booze on Friday December 29, 2023 @07:49AM (#38804334)

I, too, am in the ultrawide camp now. I initially bought a 4k monitor. The default rendering was too small for my eyes. My Linux didn't support fractional scaling; 200% scaling kind of defeated the purpose of having a 4k monitor in the first place--net real estate I got felt the same.

I then returned it and went for a flat 34" monitor (HP X34), and I'm happy for it.

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Re:Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers (2021) by graphe on Friday December 29, 2023 @07:25AM (#38804194)

Did you go with one large 4k monitor in front like he said?

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Re:Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers (2021) by thfuran on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:17AM (#38805098)

Yeah, bezels midfield is no good. That's why three monitors is where it's at. Or perhaps one of those 32:9 ones. But many window managers make it easier to deal with multiple monitors than one enormous one.

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Re:Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers (2021) by blocko on Friday December 29, 2023 @12:55PM (#38807972)

There's some jank involved depending on which combo of x/wayland, window manager, and compositor you're using, but if you can manage to get virtual monitors working on an ultrawide it's great.

A lot of recent models also support "picture by picture" mode, allowing you to connect two separate inputs to the monitor and avoid doing anything in software.

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Re:Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers (2021) by Brian_K_White on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:49AM (#38805523)

They said one big one front and centered, and one to the side. Who voluntarily sticks a gap right in front of themselves?

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Re:Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers (2021) by dheera on Friday December 29, 2023 @11:14AM (#38806521)

I use 2 4K monitors, often with one connected to work computer and one connected to personal computer.

When I'm not working I sometimes connect the work computer display to a Chromecast or as a 2nd monitor to personal computer.

Work computer is much shittier than personal computer and doesn't support 2 monitors.

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