Multi vs. Single Monitor Setups

I have three 24" 1920x1080p screens. Allows me to have dedicated screen for work, one for web browsing/social stuff and another for a game or movie. Don't need to mess around lining windows up and the issue of programs that must be full screen or stay on top.

>>62338058
This is like from the matrix reloaded

With a window manager you really don't more than 1 (one) monitor

>>62338159
One is for brainlets. The productivity of 3+ is incredible. Even 2 is a step up from the normie one monitor.

I prefer several smaller ones, especially when video editing or working with Blender.
I don't really care about the quality of my secondary monitors, though. Right now I have one main 27" IPS that is calibrated and 4 shitty satellites which I bought for less than $30 each. (plus my TV for movies and anime).

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>>62338058
[main] for gaymen/active program
[top left]video player or browser
[top middle]discord
[top right]music player or browser
I'd like to have a 4k monitor but I don't see the point yet
>>62338159
having virtual desktops makes living with a single screen bearable, but it's no replacement for multiple physical displays

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I used to have dual and triple monitors, then I realized most of the stuff I was using was either oversized (an entire browser window for a single monitor) or just completely useless to have open (seeing a torrent client on screen at all times).

Now I only use one monitor. The higher resolution the the better, but still only one monitor.

>>62339138
I agree Miles.

At home:

Just one monitor, 1440p at 24", feels great. Use something like i3 if I'm on Linux. If I'm playing games I don't want to be distracted anyway by other shit, I can always alt-tab when I have a moment. There's nothing in chat/mumble/discord that requires any urgency anyway.

I've had up to 3 monitors before and they did nothing really to "improve" anything. Just made my desk more cluttered. I ended up just having mumble and my music player open which is pointless.

One monitor, with a high resolution & high PPI, relatively small (24-27") physical size is ideal for me, more is worse.

At work:

I use one larger 27" 3200x1800 monitor and then my laptop as a secondary screen to display grafana/zabbix & hipchat. Since at work the chat and notifications actually matter, so it's nice to have it open and accessible without having to change anything. I then use chunkwm & skhd to work it like i3 pretty much and it's great.

>>62338058
is there any reason at all to have a 24-monitor setup? or is it just turbo autism?

>>62338058
Personally I use a three monitor rig at home.
I doubt the usefulness of my three monitor setup over a two monitor setup. Although I find a two monitor setup better than one a monitor setup.

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>>62341715
So you can be the architect from the matrix reloaded

>>62338058
I have one 1680x1050 monitor. It just works. Never really understood the whole multiple monitors meme, to me it just seemed like an inconvenience more than anything.

>>62338058
I currently use a single 32" 1920x1080 display but I'm going to replace it with two 27" 1920x1080 monitors in the next few months.