Separate X Screens - possible on Intel Integrated HD Graphics?

[rhkramer at gmail.com]

On Sunday, January 17, 2016 08:10:38 AM you wrote:
> The usual pattern is that people ask about multiple screens but do not
> really want them. Having multiple screens only limits what you can do
> and gives you no meaningful benefits.

On my previous system (which I used for about 5 years) I used multiple screens 
(driven by an NVidia card) to great benefit.  My current system (started using 
about 6 months ago) has a 32" monitor so I no longer feel the need for 
multiple screens.

On some of the industrial (process control) systems I've been responsible for, 
we put up to 4 monitors (with different displays) driven by one computer in 
front of a single operator.

I have to admit that the Linux / X window (and successor) terminology 
confurses me--when I say multiple screens, I mean multiple monitors driven by 
a single PC and different content on each, and, ideally (but not always the 
case) the ability to move content between displays and copy and paste to and 
from each.

To say that nobody can get any meaningful benefits from multiple screens (or 
from anything else) implies a degree of omniscience (sp?) that I'm not sure 
you have.

I probably should have written this and filed it in my drafts folder, but 
sometimes I don't do what is best for myself.  ;-)