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Multiple Monitors for Linux Laptops?
dybvandal writes "Multi monitoring support for laptops is far is from perfect in the windows world even though it enhances productivty considerably and letting that laptop TFT go to waste while using an external monitor is also a shame. I found no support in Win2K and only limited support under WinXP (laptop tft is forced to be primary). Win9x actually does multi monitoring perfectly but it can hardly be considered a productive environment. But since my company is making the switch to Linux soon I was hoping that this episode would soon end. But according to the xfree page multi monitor support is still fairly limited in general and with no comments on laptops. There seem to be commercial alternatives (xig, metro-X) but I would like to hear about some first hand success stories before spending the cash on such a solution."
ok, ok, ok, i know this is not what you asked, but macOSX does support out of the box, multiple monitors. BUT the hardware must also. for instance, the iBook does not allow you to have separate video between your vga and lcd. Powerbooks do. i'm on a Powerbook G3 and if i walk over to my desk and plug in my 17" monitor, i can dual monitor it. (this has been a hallmark of mac powerbooks since the powerbook 520/540)
i wish the iBook would also, but as a "consumer" line apple didnt think the extra monitor needed to be anything other than mirrored.
(hmm, i wonder if i jack in my tv via the svideo and my monitor if i can have THREE monitors... where's a long rca cord...)
oh um, i dunno if the various PPCLinuxes support dual monitor mode. i would imagine they do.