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   Nazo (nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Aug-2025 14:29:46 JST Nazo

   • Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)

   @mattl Don't forget multiple monitors is kind of a pretty standard thing these days. I feel like a huge number of people consider three to be standard even, though I feel more comfortable with two (a TV is number three, doing TV stuff.)

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     Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com) (mattl@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 21-Aug-2025 14:29:45 JST Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)

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     @nazokiyoubinbou At the same time, I feel like lots of people use a laptop nowadays. And those almost always come with just the one screen.

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     Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com) (mattl@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 21-Aug-2025 14:34:45 JST Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)

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     @nazokiyoubinbou I see a lot of people working all day long on a single laptop screen, but I know a lot of people who do just that. I prefer to have two computers: a Mac mini with a single large 4K monitor attached. Not sure a second screen would help me, but it's a possibility for sure. Maybe one of those W-I-D-E ones? I also use a bluetooth trackpad with a desktop machine...

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     Nazo (nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Aug-2025 14:34:46 JST Nazo

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     • Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)

     @mattl A lot of people with laptops tie them down with screens, keyboard, and mice.

     I don't even know why they use a laptop when they do that since they essentially just created a super expensive really low quality desktop that thermal limits a lot, but anyway, that means another screen even with laptops, lol.

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     Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com) (mattl@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 21-Aug-2025 14:41:44 JST Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)

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     @nazokiyoubinbou What OS are you running?

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     Nazo (nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Aug-2025 14:41:45 JST Nazo

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     • Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)

     @mattl Well, I don't know numbers. Maybe it's more than half, maybe less. Either way, a lot of people have multiple screens, so it sort of changes the dynamic of this for those who do.

     As a side note, I'm a real oddball even in this because I get all OCD about my second screen using something like 15 watts even just to idle (and I think something like 23 when gaming) so I keep an HDMI switch and just flip it to the off position so the screen shuts off and most of the time just use one monitor, then just turn it on when I specifically need it.

     So I kind of have to go with both in that I keep multiple windows non-maximized and tab between them a lot, but also I do sometimes move some things to another monitor. It's complicated. 😁

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     Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com) (mattl@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 21-Aug-2025 15:05:37 JST Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)

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     @nazokiyoubinbou Yeah, last time I used Windows regularly was XP. Been on a mix of Mac and Linux ever since. I have game consoles, but not really a gaming experience on a desktop or laptop. I bought a Steam Deck and don't really like it.

     I used to write about the issues in Windows 7 when I was working at the FSF about 13 years ago. I've recently installed Windows 11 onto a laptop I have, along with both Kubuntu and FreeBSD, but I mostly do everything on my MacBook Pro running macOS nowadays.

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     Nazo (nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Aug-2025 15:05:38 JST Nazo

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     • Dr. Matt Lee (1800www.com)

     @mattl I've done this in both Windows and Linux, but I ditched Windows since Microsoft has just completely lost their everloving minds. (Really 10 was already pushing me over the line, but then 11 and Copilot existed. Also Recall exists at all.)

     I'm a permanent Linux resident now. No more back and forth.