[PLUG] Two monitors, two applications

[Ken Stephens]

Rich,

You can configure your second monitor as an extension of your current
desktop.  I have not tried using two desktops.  I run three monitors with
lots of applications running in one desktop.

Ken

On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 2:44 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:

> Running Slackware-14.2/x86_64 with xfce4-4.12.0. When the new FHD portable
> montitor arrives and I connect it to the desktop, can I configure it
> (perhaps using randr?) to display two different virtual desktops rather
> than
> mirroring the main monitor?
>
> I'd like to run the teleprompter software on the portable monitor while
> running OBS and associated windows on the main monitor.
>
> My web searches suggest this is possible and I need guidance on what to
> read
> to learn how to configure them this way.
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
>