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Re: Which laptop?



 Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: 

> Additionally, even though it may be possible to just make VGA out 
> proper resolution on another xorg screen definition (I haven't tried), 
> would you also want to explain this to someone you recommended Linux 
> too!?!?! 

What is there to explain these days?  xorg does pretty good 
autodetection, with modern hardware, and most of the people that I know 
who had problems solved them by removing their custom edits and letting 
xorg do things on its own. 

> AFAICT, you can't just plug in your Linux laptop running 
> Xorg and have it auto-detect the proper resolution for both VGA out 
> and your LCD screen at the same time. 

SHH!!!  Don't tell my laptop, it does not know that it is not supposed 
to do that. 

> Not all projectors are created 
> equal either, and may require special refresh/resolution... 

Not a problem with the laptop.  Working with projectors with standard 
resolutions has not been a problem for my Thinkpad & SLED 10. 

YMMV 

Hunter Heinlen 

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