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    [–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Virtual desktops are superior to additional physical monitors. I'm fully prepared to die on this hill.

    [–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago
    More monitors More virtual desktops
    Has cool animation 0 1
    No wierd mouse movement 0 1
    Doesn't need new wallpaper 0 1
    Cheap 0 1
    Infinitely expandable 0 1
    No need for cable management 0 1

    WINNER: Virtual desktops
    [–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Watch a full screen movie while you do something on another monitor. Virtual desktops can't do that.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

    How do you keep your concentration on two monitors? When I had two monitors, I put black wallpaper on the second monitor because the usual ones distracted me

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

    Accelerated Learning Experience

    Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

    I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I'm either immersed or i multitask. You can do both?

    Then again, my sis Works on her notebook while reading a magazine while watching tv while listening music on the smartphone she uses to chatt. Pure stress to me.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yeah I can do both. Most movies are dialogue forward so I'm not always watching the screen. And then when there is a break in my game (loading screens, waiting for something to happen, mindless tasks) I can watch the screen. I only do it with games like Minecraft, Satisfactory, Cities Skylines, etc.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago
    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Watch a full screen movie while you do something on another monitor.

    Just pause the movie, do the thing, and then go back to watching the movie.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yeah I guess you could do something completely different than what I said.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

    You can pin the movie to all desktops in one monitor, and combine the powers of the virtual desktops, and the other monitor(s)

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Oh yeah for sure I could use virtual desktops in addition. But a single monitor doesn't accomplish what I said. Hence why I brought it up as a counter point.

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Why am I comparing moitors to virtual desktops?

    I don't know


    Does it make sense?

    No


    Do i use my 2nd virtual desktop more than my 2nd monitor?

    Yes


    Am I lost in what I am trying to prove?

    Absolutely.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    did you even read the full thread which provides the context you're neglecting?

    No.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    I have but it's long past bedtime here and I'm starting to lose my ability to comprehend things in english. Sorry

    [–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    If you're developing and want a live display of your program, nothing beats a second monitor to see your progress live if you want to see the progress on your computer.

    Other cases %100 agree

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    And a third monitor for the documentation

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    I do that on the second

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

    A really large monitor?

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

    A ultra wide monitor beats it imo

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

    Yes, so much easier to switch between two desktops than having them actually visible at the same time.