[Hudlug] Xinerama and Multi Head

[Chris Lindley]

On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 12:34, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 07 Nov 2002 11:04 am, you wrote:


Hi,

you dont; really need a lot of space:-
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris.lindley/

But there again I suppose my desk is a big oak one, not exactly the
average PC workstation!

I (and I'm sure many other people) find using a multihead setup so
liberating, and find it extremely hard to go back!  Using a single
monitor is quite frustrating.  Well if you've got a 21" monstrosity then
perhaps it isn't!!

For example, when i was writing my thesis, there was lots of figures.  I
had OpenOffice.org open with my thesis, plus Gimp, etc. on the other
monitor editing the figure.

Plus normal web browsing, have Mozilla open on one monitor, and GAIM,
X-Chat, Evolution etc..  open on the other.  Or have Mozilla open with
two windows on each monitor!  The opportunities are endless!!

.....and this is with only two 15" monitors!!  What would it be like
with two bigger monitors? :-)

Cheers
Chris




> >
> > we chatted about a multi head setup at the meeting on tues night.
> >
> > If anybody is interested in trying this, I'll write a quick HOWTO and
> > pool some resources together.
> >
> > Let us know if anybody is interested and I'll put one together!
> >
> > Remember you don't neccessarily need a card with two VGA outputs, a 2nd
> > PCI card is more than adequate.
> >
> > Neither do you need two monitors with the same resolution, although this
> > does make things a little simpler!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Chris
> 
> Chris - I don't have the space for two monitors, but I'm curious about the 
> procedure.  If you do go along with this, I'd be interested.  My card is 
> dual-head, so maybe one day?
> 
> Anne
> 
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