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Ultrawide or multi-monitor setup?
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this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
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I’m also software engineer, and I prefer double or triple monitor setup. I need to have the variability to have different information on each monitor, and flipping between multiple virtual desktops as I need.
Just better maintainability for me.
Yeah its 100% nicer when you can work on one monitor and have info on the other instead of flipping back and forth on the primary. But there's a certain appeal to having just a huge single monitor... Think it would free up some table space and could keep my gaze more centered. I use ubuntu + i3 for both work and play so I'm wondering if a huge monitor could provide enough visual real estate to keep the convenience of two monitors. If I was using Windows or Mac I'd probably be more inclined to stick to dual monitor
I've not used a ultrawide before as I actually like the natural separation that the 2 or 3 monitors I have brings, it's easy for me to go "this belongs on this screen and that on the other one". I use the tilling in KDE for further breaking windows up if I'm so inclined.
But, if you're already using a tiling manager as your DE then I'd say go for the ultrawide, slightly less desk real estate and you can already get your windows exactly how you want pretty easily with i3, and you can't argue that when you play a movie or game it's going to feel impressive.