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Latest revision as of 17:48, 21 February 2007
Contents
Hardware
Video Cards and Set-up Methods
“How to set up Linux with multiple monitors on multiple video cards.†http://www.interparse.com/debianmultihead/
“Using multiple monitors with XFree86.†Overview of different methods. http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Using_multiple_monitors_with_XFree86
“Build a Six-headed, Six-user Linux System.†Not sure is this is completely relevant, but it looks interesting. http://linuxgazette.net/124/smith.html
9X Media’s comparison chart for multiple head video cards http://www.9xmedia.com/Pages-products/4000%20-video%20cards.html
A general reference site for multiple head setups sponsored by 9X Media http://www.multiplemonitors.org/
Multiple head video card manufacturers' sites
Matrox – multiple head card listings http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/corpo/products/home.php
Colorgraphic – specializes in multiple head cards http://www.colorgraphic.net/
ATI – FireGL series cards http://ati.amd.com/products/firegl.html
Monitors
Old ACL Monitors
Dell spec page http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/1702fp/en/specs.htm
Software
Multiple head video card driver software
Xi Graphics – Unix/Linux driver for many of the multiple head cards including many from Matrox, Colorgraphic, and ATI. Not free. http://www.xig.com/
Xinerama setup instructions http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO.html
Data Visualization Software
"Developing a Personal Computer-Based Data Visualization System Using Public Domain Software" http://www.futurevisions.net/pchen/pcvis/index.htm
IBM's visualization site. People can upload data-sets and visualize them using different preset modes. Somewhat like Excel graphs in some ways. http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/home
Unisys WXP - Sophisticated commercial weather visualization software http://weather.unisys.com/wxp/Overview.html
