I always find it interesting to think about how a massive and well known structure can be forgotten. I know it usually only happens over a very long period of time but still, I was never really satisfied with “the people just forgot about it” or similar explanations.

Check this out: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/57990223

He definitely wood.

You missed the opportunity!

Yeah that’s why I was asking lol. But for that use its perfect to have it directly hooked up to the PC. And yes, sometimes it can be nice to have a big screen for some random apps.

I didn’t know my current one could be mounted so I always thought I have to buy a new one before I can even think about an arm. But now trying the arm first with what I have sounds more reasonable.

But idk which arm to buy now lol. I think two separate arms with gas springs are more flexible but it might look weird if I end up using only one. Using a vertical tube allows attaching arms as you need but I think it restricts the vertical alignment more than two separate arms. Anyway, I have to figure that out somehow. Thanks a lot!

Sorry I confused that in my question, my bad. I mean a 24" 1440p screen.

Thanks for the detailed response.

I think I will try to use my current screen with a monitor arm to see how I like it and think about the screen size and resolution for a bit longer. But I think two smaller screens allow more versatility with turning and so on. But you probably want to have the same resolution and screen size if you have two screens, even if one is vertical, right? Otherwise you probably get weird jumps when you move the mouse across the border. And yes, definitely small beszels lol

While replying I realized that I heard that you can’t easily split an HDMI signal. So do you know how to easily use two screens with a laptop? Probably you need an USB-C dock with two HDMI ports for that. I should really think about that before settling for a possibility.

What I don’t really understand about using ultrawide monitors and gaming: Not all games can scale, how do you handle that? Do you just live with dark-grey to black bars left and right of your game?

And thanks, I should really consider a monitor arm!

Thank you very much, my desk can be moved so no problem there. I did consider the shelf but I read comments that very wide feet are too wide for some shelfs so you are limited by the shelf.

My question about ultrawide (except that they are out of my budget) is, how do you handle games that won’t scale? Do you just center it and live with black parts left and right? But an IPS panel can’t deliver real black so is it no distracting to have dark-grey bars left and right of your game?

For gaming the GPU is for sure very important. But office work and so also a iGPU should be able to handle 1440p right?

But yes, using two screens with the same size but different resolution will always feel weird. I should consider this and settle for one resolution and size.

Very true, this is definitely easier with two physical screens. Will you swap your 4K TV out and just use the two 1080p monitors instead?

I just checked and my current older monitor does allow a VESA adapter so I might pick up a monitor arm for now and see how I like the possibility to tilt and turn my screen and think about the size and resolution for a bit longer.

I think I am too tight on a budget for a ultra-wide. But why would you not consider a 24" 1080p screen?

I didn’t find any Invictus. Just HP Victus. Did you mean that?

Is Iris Xe always the same or are there different Xe types?

Thank you very much! Yeah I was not thinking about 8 GB RAM, but thank you for the heads up!

So execution units are a metric I should look out for? And what exactly means Iris Xe? Is it just a general name for Intel iGPUs or is Xe better than other Intel iGPUs?

No gaming is not the priority, more a nice to have. The rest is normal office work. But with possible image and video production in the future.

But in Voyager the computers and antennas had to survive the radiation of Jupyter (?).

And what are the games they talk about?

I don’t know what I find more impressing. The 4kB of RAM from the moon mission in 1969 which worked back then or the 69kB of RAM from the Voyager mission in 1977 which still functions to this day!

Yes that happens more often than I would like to admit lol

But take signal for example, they only provide a .deb package. The flatpak and the AUR package are only community packaged. And how are flatpaks better suited for this?