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Re:Why I Stopped Using Multiple Monitors by pjc50 on Thursday August 31, 2017 @02:19PM (#15142494)
For Windows paint event work non-overlapping windows are practically a requirement - if you let another window on top of the one you have paused in the debugger, the OS will draw over it and lose the current paint state.

Then there are scenarios which require two screens on two machines. With "synergy" this can be really seamless with one keyboard / mouse.

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Re:Why I Stopped Using Multiple Monitors by mrguyorama on Thursday August 31, 2017 @03:44PM (#15143258)
That's the first time I've ever seen someone else mention "Synergy"

I used it back in college When I had a spare laptop I wanted to use as a second display. It seemed like it was doing really hacky things behind the scenes but was probably the easiest instance of "Software Remote KVM" I've ever seen.

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Re:Why I Stopped Using Multiple Monitors by falcolas on Thursday August 31, 2017 @04:39PM (#15143729)
Synergy is still around, and still works remarkably well. The mouse scrolling between OSes is a bit janky still, but still something I can use every day.
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