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Super Lloyd1-Dec-20 14:54
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Peter_in_27801-Dec-20 15:25
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I use workspace matrix on Ubuntu. On this laptop ("social"), 4 wide by 1 high. Browser/Gedit for notes/Skype-Zoom-whatever/Terminal (command prompt) shared with Nautilus (file explorer)

"Work" laptop, external monitor logically and physically above. 6 desktops wide. Typically
Nautilus/secondary browser/IDE/primary browser/terminal/Thunderbird (w/calendar)
If I'm doing stuff that needs looking at two or more windows, I can drag things around very easily.
Ctrl-alt-left/right to navigate. add shift to drag the focussed window with you.

I find flipping desktops way easier than minimising/maximising/switching windows in a single workspace.
Also works really well doing meeting presentations, etc, on an external big screen. Line up the bits you want, flip through them as the show goes on.
Workspace matrix allows a 2D array, but I've never needed it, and I think the "where tf is that one?" would be distracting.
I "know" where things are in my linear setup, so I just flick to the one I want, almost never use the overview.

Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012

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