[ale] OT: Lift up your monitors

Damon Chesser damon at damtek.com
Mon Oct 15 20:06:14 EDT 2012


On 10/15/2012 06:01 PM, Mike Harrison wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2012, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> OK. we're not built to look at a computer all day either but...
> First thing I do with a desktop system or even attaching a 2nd monitor to 
> a laptop is raise them up about 6" (or more).
>
> My primary desktop has a 4 monitor stand that keeps them at a position
> where I actually look up a bit, it seems to offset looking down at my 
> laptop and other devices pretty well.
>
> People look at my rigs, say weird things about geeks, and after I make 
> them sit and use these systems for a few minutes, they find themselves
> doing it to their own.
>
> On topic: Linux runs dual or more heads very very well, and I've fallen in 
> love with how Enlightenment (and many others) treat each monitor as a set 
> of desktops. I keep xterm on the left, and rotate the right monitor
> through different desktops for dev and reference.

I have often wondered about that use of dual heads.  Can you copy from
left to right, ie, different desktops?  Of course you can with an
extended desktop, but can you with dual desktops?

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