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12 Aug 2010
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Platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista
Manufacturer: VirtuaWin
Size: 410Kb
Number of Downloads: 1304
Price: Free
Monitors are so cheap these days. It’s really easy to pick up a decent 20” monitor for under £300 if you look around carefully. For this price you could set up two 20” monitors and then use a virtual desktop manager which will enable you to manage two desktops, across both screens.
If you’re a developer, this would enable you to use one screen for tweaking your code and another screen for testing your application. Or, how about you use one screen for running Windows and another screen for Linux, within a virtual environment? Alternatively, you could use one screen for editing audio tracks, whilst the other screen contains your video editor. The options are endless.
VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager that enables you to create virtual desktops and then quickly switch between each desktop.
VirtuaWin resides within your Windows System Tray so you can quickly switch between open desktops.
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Hardware vs Software
The multiple monitor thing is a hardware approach - can work well for some people. But it co$ts....! VirtuaWIn is a software solution, and free under the GPL - it lets you add 'Virtual' windows desktops (hence the name) that are selected via keyboard or mouse or whatever. You can only see one at a time, but it can be very useful on a machine _if_ it can carry that load of windows open at one time. Something very similar is pretty standard in many flavours of Linux, I use it all the time and find it dead handy. Works well even on a basic 128MB 700MHz P3 laptop using Xubuntu - or Puppy Linux - or FluxBuntu. Just don't expect to open more windows than you normally would before things get slow.
Posted by: Ben 14 Dec 2008
Multiple monitors?
Don't you need a special video card with one output for every monitor connected? Will this software let me use two regular video cards? To be honest I would rather have one monster, lcd monitor, with different virtual machines in their own windows.
Posted by: Tim 28 Apr 2008