Hello world.
I have the newest mint os with Cinnamon. I have 2 monitors and came from the Mac os. On the mac I had the ability to separately on each monitor have several virtual desktops that I could switch between and not change the other monitors desktops.
In mint if I switch between desktops on one monitor the other monitor also switches. Is there a setting that can disconnect the two monitors? That is one of the few things I miss about the mac. That and parallels coherence mode on programs running in full virtual os. They really need to port over to linux.
Virtual Desktops on multiple monitors
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Virtual Desktops on multiple monitors
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Re: Virtual Desktops on multiple monitors
I am guessing no.Is there a setting that can disconnect the two monitors?
I can see why you miss that feature.That is one of the few things I miss about the mac.
Re: Virtual Desktops on multiple monitors
Welcome to the forum, skylark.
When you use the term "desktops", are you referring to "Workspaces"?
A woman typing on a laptop with LM20.3 Cinnamon.
Re: Virtual Desktops on multiple monitors
Yup and yup. Apple has absolutely zero interest in porting anything to Linux BTW.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken
Re: Virtual Desktops on multiple monitors
I think it would be more that linux is not wanting to port that feature into linux. that already have it to were you can keep your second monitor workspace static while the main work spaces change. Why not this.
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Re: Virtual Desktops on multiple monitors
You might want to take a look at LeftWM. It has 9 tags/desktops, and I think you can assign more if needed. You can put any tag on any monitor.
https://github.com/leftwm/leftwm
https://github.com/leftwm/leftwm
-grndplane (Mike)
Linux Mint 21.x 64-bit
Kernel: 6.X-liquorix-amd64
WM: LeftWM
Linux Mint 21.x 64-bit
Kernel: 6.X-liquorix-amd64
WM: LeftWM
Re: Virtual Desktops on multiple monitors
What Workspace App settings have you tried and how do they compare to what you want to have happen?
A woman typing on a laptop with LM20.3 Cinnamon.