Multiple monitors?

[Ken D'Ambrosio]

> I'm looking at a Matrox G550 card to get this going.  Any opinions?
> Experience?
>
> I've had dual monitors on a sparc solaris box in the past and am running
>  a mac iBook with an external monitor + the LCD and it works very well.
>  I want to switch to Linux and get X11.  I'm discovering I'm not a fan
> of  the Mac GUI.

The Lesson I've Learned Re: Dual-Monitor Support Under Linux:


BE SURE YOUR VIDEO CARDS ARE EXPLICITLY MENTIONED AS SUPPORTED FOR XINERAMA.

Otherwise, you may have problems.

-Ken