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Dual Monitor for Linux Desktop

  1. Type xrandr or xrandr -q in terminal to dispaly information of all available output device. Then you can use the following commands to set dual display.
    xrandr --output VGA1 --auto 
    xrandr --output VGA1 --same-as LVDS1 --auto
    xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1024x800
    xrandr --output VGA1 --off
    

where VGA1 and LVDS1 should …

Rescue Linux from GUI Freezing

The kernel of Linux is usually very stable, but the existing free desktop environments are craps. Amongs these desktop environments I tried (Gnome, Xfce, LXDE and so on), none is even close to the desktop environments in Windows and Mac. I do not require desktop environments in Linux to be …