[Hudlug] Xinerama and Multi Head

[Anne Wilson]

Hehe - that looks about 3 times the space I've got

Anne

On Thursday 07 Nov 2002 1:19 pm, you wrote:
> 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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