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I'm on Linux and I don't have any of these issues

by bitcharmer 2y ago

tuyiown 2y ago
Well I have them all the time
- doix 2y ago
  Did you try to solve them? "Linux" doesn't really mean anything, which DE/window manager? X11 or Wayland? Which graphics drivers? Every configuration will have a slightly different solution, but at least there is usually a solution and it makes somewhat sense. And you can customize it to make sense for _you_, not what someone else decides makes sense. Back when I used to work in an office and used to dock/undock my laptop, i3 worked well. I assigned workspaces 1-5 on my left monitor and 6-10 on my right monitor. When I disconnected from the dock, workspaces 1-10 would appear on my single laptop screen. When I connected it back to the dock, they switched back. I am _pretty_ sure it was all handled by i3 in the config.
  - tuyiown 2y ago
    I don't doubt you figured out a stable setup. My original comment was just to point out that I don't believe there is a definitive, all purpose, acceptable solution to the multi display problems. The idea is not that specific combination are not solvable, but for each setup, you will have to solve issues manually or live with inconvenience due to the nature of the problem. For our specific case, I didn't meant I was annoyed every day with my setup. I just meant I always had to fiddle a little to end up with a workable solution, each time I had more than one screen.
- resource_waste 2y ago
  Debian-family? Don't use outdated/old Linux Distros. I almost always find out someone is using a variant of Conical's Ubuntu CD marketing and it explains why they have some terrible experience. Updated distros usually have everything working with modern hardware working together with software. Look into Fedora. Ubuntu/Debian/Mint need to be avoided and we need to warn people.
  - diffeomorphism 2y ago
    Where "outdated" means like 1-2 years at maximum. The horror. If you want to plug "new" at least go for silver blue or nix os, where it makes a difference.
    - resource_waste 2y ago
      1-2 years is SOOO long That means no running NVIDIA GPUs for 1-2 years! Or having broken software for 1-2 years!
      - diffeomorphism 2y ago
        Nope. You get the working software from 1-2 years ago. And you get "hardware enablement".
andrelaszlo 2y ago
Tiling window manager with rules for window placements. It's not for non-devs, but for me it's perfect.
- parker-3461 2y ago
  I’m surprised there isn’t much discussion on the amazing ecosystem of tiling window managers in this whole thread. When I was still using macOS one to two years ago, I was using yabai [1] and it was perfect [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai
  - OJFord 2y ago
    Idk about 'perfect', it's still painful and you wish you were using Linux, but it makes it just about workable.
    - parker-3461 2y ago
      I’m working with Linux mainly these days, and I think the “pain” for me usually is just getting the initial config right, and learning to live with the quirks on the specific platform. Of course nothing is truly perfect, but I would say that after the initial learning curve, I had really pleasant and productive time with yabai.
- thraxil 2y ago
  Same. I started using ion3 in like 2002, switched to xmonad a couple years later, then sway for the last four years. Multi-monitor setups pretty much the whole time and it's been smooth.

I'm on Linux and I don't have any of these issues

tuyiown 2y ago

Well I have them all the time

doix 2y ago
Did you try to solve them? "Linux" doesn't really mean anything, which DE/window manager? X11 or Wayland? Which graphics drivers? Every configuration will have a slightly different solution, but at least there is usually a solution and it makes somewhat sense. And you can customize it to make sense for _you_, not what someone else decides makes sense. Back when I used to work in an office and used to dock/undock my laptop, i3 worked well. I assigned workspaces 1-5 on my left monitor and 6-10 on my right monitor. When I disconnected from the dock, workspaces 1-10 would appear on my single laptop screen. When I connected it back to the dock, they switched back. I am _pretty_ sure it was all handled by i3 in the config.
- tuyiown 2y ago
  I don't doubt you figured out a stable setup. My original comment was just to point out that I don't believe there is a definitive, all purpose, acceptable solution to the multi display problems. The idea is not that specific combination are not solvable, but for each setup, you will have to solve issues manually or live with inconvenience due to the nature of the problem. For our specific case, I didn't meant I was annoyed every day with my setup. I just meant I always had to fiddle a little to end up with a workable solution, each time I had more than one screen.
resource_waste 2y ago
Debian-family? Don't use outdated/old Linux Distros. I almost always find out someone is using a variant of Conical's Ubuntu CD marketing and it explains why they have some terrible experience. Updated distros usually have everything working with modern hardware working together with software. Look into Fedora. Ubuntu/Debian/Mint need to be avoided and we need to warn people.
- diffeomorphism 2y ago
  Where "outdated" means like 1-2 years at maximum. The horror. If you want to plug "new" at least go for silver blue or nix os, where it makes a difference.
  - resource_waste 2y ago
    1-2 years is SOOO long That means no running NVIDIA GPUs for 1-2 years! Or having broken software for 1-2 years!
    - diffeomorphism 2y ago
      Nope. You get the working software from 1-2 years ago. And you get "hardware enablement".

andrelaszlo 2y ago

Tiling window manager with rules for window placements. It's not for non-devs, but for me it's perfect.

parker-3461 2y ago
I’m surprised there isn’t much discussion on the amazing ecosystem of tiling window managers in this whole thread. When I was still using macOS one to two years ago, I was using yabai [1] and it was perfect [1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai
- OJFord 2y ago
  Idk about 'perfect', it's still painful and you wish you were using Linux, but it makes it just about workable.
  - parker-3461 2y ago
    I’m working with Linux mainly these days, and I think the “pain” for me usually is just getting the initial config right, and learning to live with the quirks on the specific platform. Of course nothing is truly perfect, but I would say that after the initial learning curve, I had really pleasant and productive time with yabai.
thraxil 2y ago
Same. I started using ion3 in like 2002, switched to xmonad a couple years later, then sway for the last four years. Multi-monitor setups pretty much the whole time and it's been smooth.