ultrawide monitors?

Posted by Jan S.
May 17, 2018 at 02:20 PM

What kind of machine are you using?

Lothar Scholz wrote:
I would recommend a 40” Iiyama or a 43” Acer 4K Monitor for your work.
>I use the Iiyama with two vertical mounted 2560x1440 to the right of it.
> >I had a quad monitor solution before with another one to the left of the
>main monitor
>in portrait mode for reading documentation but the update to Ubuntu
>18.04 forced
>me to change my graphics card.
> >The upper right takes 2 webbrowser windows. The one below 3 console
>windows.
>and the main screen my IDE development program.
> >This is an almost optimal setup for software development.
> >And i will keep it until there are 8K monitors with 43” and then maybe
>bring back the
>portrait one for documentation/database browsing. Or mirror the left
>side with 2 monitors
>to the right and use a total of 5. I now this sounds like total nerdism.
> >I would recommend against a widescreen monitor because of the small high
>of the 3
>windows you get. A 4k can do the same and has more vertical space.
>I find this very important for optimal workflow with text and
>documentation.
>Widescreen is for watching movies and gaming but not workstations.
>