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Are OLED monitors worth it without HDR? (sh.itjust.works)
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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!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I use a AW34234DWF on plasma in HDR mode. I love it. It's worth it. I do a lot of photo work with it. Mostly I don't run games in HDR though, because it involves gamescope, which is more hassle than it's worth for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been using scope buddy to manage my gamescope config, has auto resolution/hdr detection and you can set global defaults. you still have to pass scb -- %command% but it seems easier to manage. with proton 10 i set it to actually disable gamescope and use it to set the proton Wayland+hdr env variables and haven't had any issues so far.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks! That sounds like something I need to look at

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Good to know that you are happy with it in SDR while gaming, which will be my biggest use-case. Cheers!