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How to get a panel on both monitors with Gnome Shell 3.6.

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This extension allows you to have a panel on both monitors with Gnome Shell 3.6. I use this extension and it works perfectly, allowing the Gnome Shell desktop to properly span both screens with a panel on each one: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/323/multiple-monitor-panels/. This extension allows you to have a Macintosh OSX styled dock on the left of … Read more

Linux Mint 14, Unity and dual monitors. Seems to work fairly well indeed.

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This is what the Ubuntu Unity desktop looks like with a dual monitor configuration. The launcher bar is on both desktops; but the dash when clicked on either desktop is independent of the other. And the wallpaper will span both desktops. This is on Linux Mint 14 and it is clear to see that this … Read more

The best desktop environment to use with dual monitors. You can even span panels!

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The Xfce4 desktop I have just tried on Linux Mint 14 is the best desktop environment to use if you are wanting to enjoy a dual monitor desktop. The panels can span across both monitors and the wallpaper can also be spanned across the dual screens. This means that it is a perfect desktop if … Read more

Problems getting dual monitors working on Ubuntu 12.10 and how to do it with Linux Mint 13.

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I have been trying to get dual monitors working in Ubuntu 12.10 and I have not had much luck at all; using the Linux Mint 13 distribution I managed to get this working; I used the arandr utility to set up the dual monitor desktop and it worked perfectly. I have a 3360*1050 pixels desktop … Read more

Gnome 3 will not span across dual monitors properly. Fix this Gnome!

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This is what Gnome 3 looks like on dual monitors, the wallpaper is spanned across both screens on the wide desktop but the Gnome panels are stuck on one screen.  This is one of the consequences of developing a desktop for touch devices that can not use dual screens, you only see these bugs on … Read more