[Discuss] 4K (or 5K) resolution for Linux desktop

[adler at stephenadler.com (Stephen Adler)]

My biggest problem with 4K is the MST issues. I invested in a dell 4K 
32" monitor and when I got it up and running, my monitor was acting like 
two monitors, side by side with a left and right panel.  See my posting 
to the nvidia linux forum for the details.

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/847041/my-tripple-mst-4k-display-setup/

I personally will never buy another bit of apple hardware because apple 
is "evil". They are a big online data monopoly and that's a whole other 
story I won't go into, so if your OK buying apple then go for it. I'm 
still waiting for a release of an nvidia driver which will properly 
support MST with the release of Xorg 18.

Good luck. Steve.

P.S. I've been so frustrated with this issue that I almost abandoned 
linux and was going to run windows 10 on my desktop. I compromised by 
running my monitors in DP 1.1 mode and run at 2560x1440 resolution, 
which in an odd way is a sweat spot for the desktop itself (I run gnome) 
since the ultra high dpi causes issues with fonts and icons being too 
small and there's another level of desktop configuration tweaking you 
have to go through.

On 01/04/2016 11:53 PM, Rich Braun wrote:
> For a bit over a year, Apple has been shipping its 5K iMac with a 27" retina
> display; last month they added their second-gen product in that line.
>
> A couple weeks ago, I spotted the HP Envy model 34-a010 which has a 34"
> monitor (funny aspect ratio, 3440x1440) and an NVIDIA graphics chip which
> probably works out-of-the-box with Ubuntu and other distros. But at $1700 for
> either of these two products, Apple's got by far the better hardware specs.
>
> What's happening in the graphics-display industry? Suddenly Linux on the
> desktop is losing the price competition, for probably the first time ever
> since I started using it in 1992.
>
> There's an all-out price/specs war going on among the panel manufacturers, and
> there just doesn't seem to be a way I can plunk down $1500 to $2500 for a new
> Linux-based computer with turn-key 4K+ 120Hz graphics.
>
> Should I bite the bullet and go Apple, or wait a while longer for Linux to
> catch up?
>
> Have any of you built a DIY 4K display system that you're happy with, yet?
> Life's too short to spend a weekend fiddling with X11 display settings,
> swapping hardware, and returning stuff to Amazon.
>
> -rich
>
>
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