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Ultra wide vs. Multi-monitor setup? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hiya!

Wondering how people's experiences are regarding the use of ultrawide monitors on Linux these days. What kind of setup do you rock?

Am thinking about getting an oled monitor as my next monitor and current setup is two 32inch monitors where one of them is vertical. But been keeping a keen eye on ultrawides for a while but not sure its for me and how well it's supported with Linux. I've read KDE supports it well, but what about when gaming? Also what's the current state of oled and hdr support?

Also, please add your monitor brand+models, would love to see what peeps are rocking. Personally been looking at the Alienware AW3423DWF.

Edit: I'm looking at screens that are oled and 2k resolution.

Let me know your experiences, tips or recommendations!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have an Alienware AW3423DWF and use it with Fedora KDE.

No problems here. Some games don't support ultrawide without mods but I haven't encountered any of these mods that don't work on Linux yet.

As for HDR, it should be ready for primetime once Proton 10 comes out with Wayland support. As of right now, you have to either run your game through gamescope or use Wine/Proton with Wayland support enabled, e.g. Proton-Tkg (Wine master).

It's a really good monitor by the way, still impresses me with its pure black on a regular basis, even in SDR.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

It looks like a Hella impressive screen! Thanks for sharing.