I’ve been rocking the original Acer X34 since 2014 and feel like upgrading again. Specifically the AW3423DWF tickles my fancy, but I’m struggling to decide whether or not it is worth it on Mint without HDR support.

I’ve only been running Linux for about a year and have gotten quite comfortable with Mint, but see that I’d need to change distro if I want to use the Plasma DE, which is the only (?) one with decent HDR support at the moment?

Do any of you run HDR capable monitors in Linux?
If yes: is it worth the purchase even if I stick to SDR mode or would you recommend re-rolling distro to get support today?
If I change it up, I’m looking at Fedora.

Thanks in advance!

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    I’m guessing this new tech will be quite costly to begin with?

    They cost more, yeah. Probably come down as they become more widespread.

    I’m not gonna say “don’t get a single-layer OLED display” — that’s a value call for you. Just saying that you kept the last one for eleven years, and if you plan to keep this one for another eleven years, you might want to keep potential for burn-in in mind, given that we’ve got significant OLED display longevity improvements happening. Depends on a variety of factors, like brightness of display and whether you have static elements onscreen. For some people, it simply doesn’t matter.

    I kept my last monitor for about 15 years, so I’m inclined to favor longevity increases — switched because DVI was pretty much dead. But lots of people aren’t gonna do that, so…shrugs