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 <kernel@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
>
>