redballooon@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agowhat's the biggest downgrade you had to ensure so far, and how are you holding up?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarewhat's the biggest downgrade you had to ensure so far, and how are you holding up?redballooon@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareOcelot@lemmies.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoand this is why linux is gaining so much market share in the desktop space so quickly.
minus-squareRagingNerdoholic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoIs it? I still have yet to try a distro that works properly with multiple monitors and supports all the software I have.
minus-squarezShxck@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoFor multimonitor setup you need to use Wayland and not X11
minus-squarecymor@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI’ve been running multi monitor setups on Xorg for decades.
minus-squarezShxck@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoX11 can support multimonitor but it will break if the monitors have different resolutions. That’s why I suggested to use Wayland.
minus-squarenobug-404@geddit.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNah. I use X11 with a 2k and an ultra wide. No problems at all.
minus-squarezShxck@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoThere are a lot of cases that having different resolution can cause issues. I am glad you didn’t have problem but this doesn’t apply for everyone unfortunately
minus-squaresnowe@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoHow are people supposed to know this? This is why Linux is hardly used for desktop. Everything requires custom knowledge.
and this is why linux is gaining so much market share in the desktop space so quickly.
Is it? I still have yet to try a distro that works properly with multiple monitors and supports all the software I have.
For multimonitor setup you need to use Wayland and not X11
I’ve been running multi monitor setups on Xorg for decades.
X11 can support multimonitor but it will break if the monitors have different resolutions. That’s why I suggested to use Wayland.
Nah. I use X11 with a 2k and an ultra wide. No problems at all.
There are a lot of cases that having different resolution can cause issues. I am glad you didn’t have problem but this doesn’t apply for everyone unfortunately
How are people supposed to know this? This is why Linux is hardly used for desktop. Everything requires custom knowledge.