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Multiple monitor setup



On 6/26/07, Jack Daniel <jdaniel-NvT07Fxs14JBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I need some guidance from the assembled masses- I want to set up dual
> monitors on a Linux workstation and would like to avoid pain wherever
> possible.  I am partial to Ubuntu, but if another distro would simplify the
> process I'm game for trying it.  Should I use a multi-head card, or two
> individual cards?  What else?

No matter what distro you choose, you may want to reference this
excellent Gentoo resource:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Monitors

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) is planning to make things like this much easier:
http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/17268
-- 
Kristian Hermansen

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