desktops", which are like multiple virtual screens that you can switch
between. Each one has its own task bar, so it gives you more flexibility to
manage your windows.[/context]
I have found that having 4 virtual desktops isn't enough for me. I now have 5.
I still have about 3 things in each task bar
I think it's kind-of since I started using Boa-Constructor. Boa takes a whole
desktop of its own, because it needs a debugger window, editor, and shell
window, and some toolbar window at the top that I've never used, but which
can't be closed without closing the whole thing.
I have also started doing a lot of development using a different user for
developing each project, and another for testing, and I find that it helps to
keep each account on its own desktop.[context]Linux (and Mac, I think) allow
multiple users *using* the same machine *at the same time*. This is illegal
on Windows.[/context]
This trend towards increasing numbers of virtual desktops is interesting,
because when I started using linux (SuSE) it only had 2 by default, (this was
enough because I only had 128MB of RAM, so having too many programs open
slowed down my computer). I wonder when I will get to 6, or even 12. When I
start using Virtual Machines, and want a new VD for each VM?
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And if you've installed Compiz/Compiz Fusion, you can make your desktops spin in a circle.
The "Time Sharing" features Linux and OS X offer (multiple users, one box) is a throwback to when Universities had one big *Nix box. It's not a bad throwback, though.
And depending on which version of Windows we're talking about, more than one user can use it, as well. Using Windows as a Terminal Server means exactly that, although they cynically charge you extra for the feature.
Yeah, or you can just get the appropriate files from the WinXP service pack 2 Beta, where the limit was temporarily raised to two remote users and one local.
I've had 6 VDs on linux for AGES now, AND I use them all (not all the time, but there will be periods of a few hrs whne all are in use) AND I was doing that while this laptop only had 128Mb RAM :p
Yeah, but
1) you don't have a pager to let you see them all at the same time,
2) you can't one-mouse-click between them,
3) your laptop is never on for long enough to accumulate cruft on each desktop that you will "get back to later(/tomorrow)".
So you're pretty much using them to give yourself enumerated alt+tab functionality. You can get that with a Windows PowerToy.
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