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		my123 on Oct 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000 A lot of monitors, especially cheaper ones, don't have the serial number fields populated in the EDID, so that the OS can't distinguish between them.

jsjohnst on Oct 14, 2019 [–]

I encounter a bunch of cheap monitors, still not had that issue recently. But that doesn’t disprove your point, just my own personal experience.

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