Yes, this is a viable solution, but not if you have the laptop and no desktop. When I had workstation I also did use synergy. But now I have just an external monitor, and I need this solution.
Kfir On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:11 PM, mindrunner <ker...@ccube.de> wrote: > I am also using a notebook with an external screen when i am at home. > Till today I was not able to configure it correctly and comfortable. > (Tried with radeon and fglrx driver) > > My wonderful working solution is One computer for every screen. :)) > Connect all them with synergy and it seems to be one computer! :) > > I am running a synergy setup with gentoo, mint, osx and windows8 and it > is much better than every multi monitor solution. > > I know this is more a workaround as a solution, but multi monitor with > linux is crap, and synergy is a wonderful tool! :))) > > > On 10/25/2012 02:42 PM, Kfir Lavi wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a laptop and an external monitor. > > I would like to have both monitors showing different desktops. > > My aim is to have IRC and Email client on one side, and my shell and > > programming stuff on the other side. > > Currently I managed to do a big virtual workspace with XRANDR, but it > > stretches the browser and it is hard to setup correctly. > > I'm a Fluxbox user, and didn't find a way to define that starching the > > window, will not stretch outside of the monitor I'm on. > > This is why I would like each monitor have it's own desktop. > > > > Thanks, > > Kfir > > > > virtual dual monitors: > > xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary --mode 1280x800 --pos 0x0 --auto > > --output VGA1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 448x0 --primary > >
