-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Duncan wrote: > "Dmitri Pogosyan" <pogos...@phys.ualberta.ca> posted > 200906172226.n5hmq9o11...@webmail.phys.ualberta.ca, excerpted below, on > Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:26:09 -0600: > >> Multimonitor functionality is, however, a must. > > FWIW, I'm in 100% agreement with you. I run dual 1920x1200 stacked for > 1920x2400, and if the new drivers don't do that, I'll be back to the old > drivers faster than fsck! > > But I don't expect it to be a problem, because while it's relatively > uncommon to run dual desktop monitors and probably always will be as > laptops are the majority seller now,
I'd rather say, because laptops are the majority now, dual monitor support is going to be more important. I (and I'm sure many others) prefer doing presentations from my own laptop, rather than using the audience's computers (which always have issues with not having the appropriate programs, etc; not to mention having to move the presentation files, which is easier said than done). One thing that always bugs me is that XRandR requires some configuration[1] and X restart[2], which is a pity, since doing presentations means setting up ad-hoc/temporary settings which is just used for an hour or two, then tearing them apart again then doing that again the next day, probably on a different venue. Mirrored is okay, but I prefer Xinerama/extended desktop. Now that OpenOffice 3 starts having support for Presenter View (where the projector displays the presentation and your laptop's your notes), not being able to just plug the cable in and have the whole thing set up automagically is a big loss. [1] not to mention I never get all the settings right, either hardware acceleration or Xinerama. A separate X display is acceptable, but still no hardware acceleration. [2] to move between single display to Xinerama and back. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAko6Yh0ACgkQqC3FTmXeMUYJQwCdH6ZHqjzLELUm+suHjSlgIOln HPkAnAtL5kIoNO2FoLQJlwW6jlg05iDs =VtdP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
