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Because they are complaining about factors that an Open Source approach would mitigate, like development resources and targeting features that make the most mon

Because they are complaining about factors that an Open Source approach would mitigate, like development resources and targeting features that make the most money as opposed to what benefits the community. If Windows was Open Source, this would have been addressed a long time ago as this feature is desirable to what one would consider a power user. Advanced users are also the ones who roll up their sleeves and will fix a problem if they can, especially if no one from the parent company is making any effort to do so. But, thanks to Closed Source protectionism, they can't. And because their value to Microsoft is the same as any other user as they pay the same license fees as anyone else, the voice of the power user is drowned out and their concerns are never addressed. This is just one glowing example of Closed Source working against the betterment of a platform. Seriously, how can one NOT reach the same conclusion?

BlakePetersen 12y ago
Don't provide alternative viewpoint, just downvote.
DanBC 12y ago
Mulitple monitor features are not great across a wide range of open source OSs, even though developers are a large userbase of multiple monitors and open source OSs.
- BlakePetersen 12y ago
  What practical features do you feel are lacking from the current Ubuntu implementation?
- welterde 12y ago
  > Mulitple monitor features are not great across a wide range of open source OSs What exactly do you mean by that? I never had any issues with multiple monitor setups (or noticed any lack of features..)
  - BlakePetersen 12y ago
    I actually just noticed the menu scaling feature (new in 14.04) over the weekend. And it is "multi-monitor" in scope as it can be defined per monitor as opposed to globally. I doubt that feature was approached with a "This better make up for the Ubuntu phone!" mindset. Some features that may be lacking would be some Ultramon offers, like menu bar buttons to send the window to the another monitor or span the entire set of screens, but now that I run a 3-monitor set up with two in portrait mode, that sort of feature doesn't really strike my fancy. Plus dragging works.

BlakePetersen 12y ago

Don't provide alternative viewpoint, just downvote.

DanBC 12y ago

Mulitple monitor features are not great across a wide range of open source OSs, even though developers are a large userbase of multiple monitors and open source OSs.

BlakePetersen 12y ago
What practical features do you feel are lacking from the current Ubuntu implementation?
welterde 12y ago
> Mulitple monitor features are not great across a wide range of open source OSs What exactly do you mean by that? I never had any issues with multiple monitor setups (or noticed any lack of features..)
- BlakePetersen 12y ago
  I actually just noticed the menu scaling feature (new in 14.04) over the weekend. And it is "multi-monitor" in scope as it can be defined per monitor as opposed to globally. I doubt that feature was approached with a "This better make up for the Ubuntu phone!" mindset. Some features that may be lacking would be some Ultramon offers, like menu bar buttons to send the window to the another monitor or span the entire set of screens, but now that I run a 3-monitor set up with two in portrait mode, that sort of feature doesn't really strike my fancy. Plus dragging works.