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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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!<br>
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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!)<br>
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On 04/22/2013 01:52 PM, Josiah Ritchie wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div style="">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.</div>
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<div style="">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.</div>
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On Monday 22 April <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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10.14.56</a> Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:<br>
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> I am trying to set up a trading platform to trade
options on the stock<br>
> market and need a computer that will drive three
monitors<br>
> simultaneously and well as an OS that can run three
different<br>
> programs simultaneously to the three different
monitors. 40 years<br>
> ago with DOS and using "C" that was not a problem,
but today<br>
> everything is "packaged" so its hard to pull things
apart for special<br>
> needs,<br>
><br>
> Is there a way, using Mint 11 Linux, or something
else and are there<br>
> CPUs that can handle three monitors??<br>
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> Jim Isbell<br>
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Hi Jim,<br>
I would suggest you to try the latest KDE. It has a great
module for<br>
multiple monitors.<br>
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Eduardo<br>
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