Large numbers of virtual desktops

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2009/12/18 Alistair Cunningham <acunningham at integrics.com>:
> I'm currently using Debian with fvwm2. I'm about about buy a new laptop,
> and am considering switching to Ubuntu.
>
> I work on large numbers of remote machines, with SSH windows to each. I
> have 16x16 fvwm virtual desktops. Yes, that's 256 in total. At any time,
> I'm using perhaps 100 to 200 of them. In each virtual desktop is a
> maximized xterm. I have a mental map of which one points to which remote
> machine. I can switch rapidly between them using CTRL-arrows. I much
> prefer using the keyboard to the mouse, which I find slow and clumsy.
>
> Does anything like this exist for Ubuntu? If so, you probably have a
> convert!

I use Compiz Fusion for this. Currently I use 4×4 desktops which is 4
cubes with 4 sides each (you can not have a desktop on the top and
bottom sides). To see all the desktops at once I hit Ctrl+Alt+↓, but I
am not sure if I configured this myself or if it is a default setting.

I have tried to have 32×32 desktops, which is 1024 desktops, and it
worked, but the miniatures are so small that it's hard to see what is
on each desktop when viewing them all at once. I found that 4×4 works
for me, but I rarely use more than 1×4, sometimes 1×4 + 1 or something
like that.

But if you need 16×16, you can do it with Compiz Fusion, that's for sure.

Johnny Rosenberg



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