Dual-Head on the 13″ Macbook
Since Ubuntu Edgy came out last week I decided to spend some more time tinkering with getting dual-head display working, and this time it took.
Feast your eyes on the 1280×1824 goodness:
The division between monitors is that little gap just under the huge code window.
I keep what I’m working on up on the top monitor — a nice big vim code window (usually :split into multiple windows) and a browser for viewing the output. Down on the bottom is IRC, SIMud, mail, and any docs I need.
My desktop theme is deliberately very plain and subdued. I figure any time I notice how pretty my desktop is I’m being distracted from what I’m doing, so I have no animations, transparency, or other bits of frippery.
If you’re curious, here’s my xorg.conf. Of course, now that I’ve got it working I’m tempted to get a nice 23″ display (the 13″ Macbook can run an external display at up to 1900×1200).
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