[CS-FSLUG] Multiple Monitors and three programs at once

[Micah Yoder]

Seems like you're all overcomplicating it.  KDE (and probably Gnome) 
lets you configure multiple monitors easily. You can drag programs to 
the desired monitor.  No messing with xorg.conf required!

Also I think this is supported well by pretty much any modern video 
card.  I can get two separate displays with integrated Intel graphics 
easily, or even integrated nVidia using Nouveau.  I had a co-worker with 
6 displays running from a single computer.  (That is a bit nuts!)

On 04/22/2013 01:52 PM, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> I believe this mostly falls to video cards. The operating systems can 
> certainly support the monitors. You just need some video cards. 
> Typical advice is to have the same video card for each monitor if you 
> don't have one card that can handle three monitors itself. It makes 
> life easier. I've done it with differing cards, but it can be rough. 
> You may also want to avoid on-board video for this.
>
> The biggest trick on Linux is getting you X config setup just right so 
> that whatever you put on top of it (Gnome, KDE, Unity, etc.) works. I 
> think that's where having the same cards is helpful. If you go with 
> NVidia cards, they have proprietary drivers that include a program 
> that helps get everything lined up properly for you and organize the 
> monitors however you wish physically.
>
> Once you struggle through the hardware and X config, the rest should 
> be pretty straight forward. In the modern OSs you may find they handle 
> the detection and configuration really well if you have the same card 
> and will just come up. Then you just have to tell it where you have 
> the monitors physically so it knows how to interact with them.
>
> JSR/
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Eduardo Sanchez <lists at sombragris.org 
> <mailto:lists at sombragris.org>> wrote:
>
>
>     On Monday 22 April 2013 10.14.56 <tel:2013%2010.14.56> Jim Isbell,
>     W5JAI wrote:
>
>     > I am trying to set up a trading platform to trade options on the
>     stock
>     > market and need a computer that will drive three monitors
>     > simultaneously and well as an OS that can run three different
>     > programs simultaneously to the three different monitors.  40 years
>     > ago with DOS and using "C" that was not a problem, but today
>     > everything is "packaged" so its hard to pull things apart for
>     special
>     > needs,
>     >
>     > Is there a way, using Mint 11 Linux, or something else and are there
>     > CPUs that can handle three monitors??
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Jim Isbell
>
>     Hi Jim,
>     I would suggest you to try the latest KDE. It has a great module for
>     multiple monitors.
>     Regards,
>
>     Eduardo
>
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