Best desktop for multi monitors?

[HalfMadDad]

I started a thread last week:

/180944-best-distro-multi-user-machine-2

I have divided my work flow into multiple users, userTaxes, userProgramming etc. This makes for an unstable machine though, what I really need is more workspaces and one user. I would like a workspace switcher that can span two monitors. There seems to be some problems with this in gnome judging from the internet searches i have done.

Is there a desktop that has this support?

Thanks for reading-Patrick

[alf55]

This is a property of your video card. To span the monitors, you need "twin view". This is not a property of the "desktop environment" ( i.e. KDE/Gnome/Xfce/etc)

[Rubberman]

As alf55 said... I have used twinview with both KDE and Gnome without problems. I prefer each over the other for one reason or the other, although at the present I am using Gnome.

[HalfMadDad]

Thanks Alf55, thanks Rubberman

So just to confirm, twinview will allow workspaces on both monitors?

Have a great day

[Rubberman]

You can either configure the monitors as one big desktop, or as two separate displays - your choice. Open the display tool to configure it. This is not something that has to be done in the xorg.conf file.

[HalfMadDad]

Thanks again Rubberman. twinview is not available in the ubuntu repositories, I am just researching how to move forward with this. It could take some time but I will report back

[Rubberman]

Twinview is not something you find in the repositories - it is part of the X-window system. If you have multiple displays attached to your system, you will find that option in the X configuration utility.