• OwOarchist@pawb.social
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    3 days ago

    What do you even do with independent virtual desktops per monitor?

    I’ve got 8 virtual desktops and 6 monitors, but I want the content of all 6 monitors to change when I switch virtual desktops. Having to do each monitor independently sounds like a huge pain.

    (And, of course, there are a couple things I want on every virtual desktop. But it’s easy to set certain windows to be on all desktops.)

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      2 days ago

      This actually confuses me, I’ve got one monitor I specifically use for messages(email client, work chat, personal chats, etc.) and another dedicated to media(music, podcast, streaming). The others are all varied depending on what I’m working on. Why would I want those to swap desktops with the other 3-4 which will always be doing many differing things?

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        2 days ago

        Set a window rule to have those particular windows be on all desktops. Then the others can switch while those stay the same.

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          2 days ago

          But why would I want them all to change? I just don’t see how that’s useful, the others are monitors are all flexible for my needs in the moment.

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            2 days ago

            Well, for me, each virtual desktop is dedicated to a different ongoing project. When I want to switch from one project to another, I just switch virtual desktops. Each project can have all kinds of windows open on multiple monitors, and none of them are relevant to the other projects.

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              2 days ago

              I guess that makes sense, sounds stressful but like I said you do you. Thanks for explaining!