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

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

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

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.

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