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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:59:27 +0930
From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  Re: Xinerama vs TwinView for dual monitor setup
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Grant Edwards wrote:
[snip]
>
> There's a third option you haven't mentioned: two different
> displays rather than a large virtual display spread across two
> monitors.

[snip]

> Pros:
>
>    * Mouse movement and focus still act like one large display.
>
>    * Each display can have it's own set of virtual desktops and
>      they can be switched indpendantly.

Really?  When I set up separate X screens, changing virtual desktops on 
one display (eg from "VD1" to "VD2") also changed it on the other display.

>    * Things like window-manager panels/docs/taskbars are managed
>      separately for the two displays.
>
>    * Displays can have different resolutions, sizes, depths.

So can xinerama / twinview :)

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