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I have an nvidia gtx960 and 3 identical monitors. They work great but they each act separately. When gaming, I'd like to be able to span the game across all 3 monitors. I can't find where to enable this in the nvidia settings. I'm on Ubuntu 15.10

GeoMint

@NathanOsman something like that :P

@ByteCommander i found that image at google i.ytimg.com/vi/yNpHjAWKjx4/maxresdefault.jpg

@Serg are you still here?

Byte Commander

Now he'd just need another row on top of them.

user139252

7:21 PM

I'm going to get a 27-monitor system and create a cubic display.

Byte Commander

@HeatherBrown How do I have to imagine that?

kos

@HeatherBrown That would be pretty cool actually

user139252

@ByteCommander However you wish.

Byte Commander

That gives 3 planes with 3x3 monitors each. Now will that become a cube?

kos

Well I've imagined it made of three sides, otherwise it would be rather unuseful. :D

user139252

7:25 PM

Wait... yeah, nevermind.

user139252

I'm going to get a 24-monitor system and create a cubic display.

Byte Commander

6 planes with 2x2 monitors then? But where will you get quadratic monitors from?

kos

No, bull, up to five it's fine. What did I eat?

user139252

@ByteCommander Yes, and what do you mean by quadratic monitor?

user136984

@Fabby: So what do you think of my latest Q&A in the series of great but sometimes odd software? :D

GeoMint

7:30 PM

@ByteCommander i used for host in ${hostnames[@]} and now it works :D

with an array called hostnames=( 1 2 3 4 5 ... )

Byte Commander

Great!

Nathan Osman

@HeatherBrown I hope you can fit all four video cards in your machine :P

GeoMint

lol

Byte Commander

@HeatherBrown Well, you can't make a cube out of rectangular faces.

kos

By the way they invented the cubic monitor already: image.made-in-china.com/2f0j10UBjQufhzvEVJ/…

:D

Byte Commander

7:33 PM

not... really...

Hey, I've got a cool idea!

use 36 quadratic displays, arrange them as a cube surface with 3x3 displays per side and put them on a Rubik's Cube like mechanic with motors so that your monitor-cube can rotate itself.

GeoMint

someone told me that VMWare is better that VirtualBox

Nathan Osman

Depends what your needs are.

GeoMint

can you tell me more?

Tim

I use VB

GeoMint

@Tim i use vbox too

i opened vmware and it wants an email to work for non-comercial use

Tim

7:44 PM

hmm

well you can just block it if you want tbh but...

cmware doesn't have snapshots

GeoMint

what they mean non-comercial ?

i understand what that means. but what has to do with commercial use?

A.B.

free for non-comercial use

Byte Commander

@GeoMint You may use it at home for free, but not at work.

GeoMint

i don't really get it :P it sounds stupid for me

GeoMint

7:59 PM

anyways :P i will still use VB

user136984

@GeoMint: I think the non-comercial one is the free (limited) version, and the comercial one is the paid for (full) version.

GeoMint

limited?

user136984

@GeoMint: Doesn't have all the features of the full version.

GeoMint

i know the word

A.B.

And which features not?

GeoMint

8:03 PM

excactly. @A.B.

user136984

@A.B.: I think that the free version only allows you to run VMs, but just VMs, no integration, no settings, nothing, just the ability to install one.

GeoMint

vmware.com/products/player/compare

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda Meh, I think this one is better, but as yours is going to be useful too, I've upvoted anyway! ;-) :P

A.B.

8:22 PM

o/ @Fabby

user136984

@GeoMint: Well, it it's been a long time since I read about the VMware products...

user136984

And that page won't load for me... :P

user136984

@Fabby: Thanks! :D

user139252

I wish my last name was Null...

user139252

I would name my son Deven.

GeoMint

8:24 PM

@HeatherBrown ahahahah

kos

@Fabby o/

@GeoMint What's that dock? Looks very clean

Serg

@HeatherBrown If you have a daughter , name her Stephanie

GeoMint

@kos its gnome's dock

kos

@GeoMint Since when GNOME has a dock?

GeoMint

dash dock i think

extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock

user139252

8:27 PM

Spoiler alert!

GeoMint

it is preinstalled in ubuntu gnome

kos

@GeoMint Thanks!

Ah, I see. I'm considering switching to GNOME, that's why I asked

A.B.

A dock in GNOME per default?

GeoMint

@kos i can send you my settings

Serg

@GeoMint what version ?

GeoMint

8:29 PM

15.04

kos

@GeoMint Thanks, can you just tell me the pack of icons? I'll get my head around it somehow

A.B.

Cinnamon?

GeoMint

super flat remix

theme: arc

gnome-look.org/content/show.php/…

github.com/horst3180/Arc-theme

kos

@GeoMint Thanks! I really like the icons.

user139252

I really like sleep. I think teachers should be given a designated nap hour.

GeoMint

8:33 PM

@kos :) this is my settings

A.B.

@HeatherBrown :)

GeoMint

@A.B. ubuntugeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/104-150x150.png this is at 14.10 installation time

you can clearly see the dock

user139252

Guys, there's a hybrid grizzly/polar bear called the Pizzly Bear

GeoMint

BRB

kos

@GeoMint Thanks, also the Window / GTK theme looks nice. I like minimal / clear / uncluttered things.

GeoMint

8:43 PM

:D

@kos that's why i picked it :P

you may have problem with firefox thunderbird and software center themes

@kos what desktop environment you are using currently?

user136984

Oh I do like this!

user136984

Son of the Morning Star

►

user136984

@ByteCommander: What do you think of their first album? :)

Byte Commander

@ParanoidPanda I don't have the CD, so I didn't listen to it very often... It's different. Every album is different. But not less good.

user136984

Yeah, I like that about them, how each album is so different.

Byte Commander

8:56 PM

(Can't listen to it currently, PyCharm eating up all my memory... :P)

user136984

Ok! :D

Serg

Doing self evaluation for my job, and it's asking "what are your weaknesses" . . . .um, bacon ?

7

user136984

:D

kos

@GeoMint Unity. I've always liked GNOME more, my only problem with GNOME is the missing launcher and the workspaces arrangement, I prefer Unity's one. But I'm considering switching. When I'm in the mood these day's I'll reinstall Ubuntu GNOME to test it once again

GeoMint

nice :) unity is better in some parts but as you i like more GNOME

kos

8:59 PM

@Serg Who hasn't? :D

Serg

@kos I know, right ?

Speaking of bacon, I went to Korean BBQ place yesterday. Mmmmm, yummy

Byte Commander

@Serg And smoking... :P

And JAVA!

kos

@GeoMint Extetically IMO there's no comparison :)

Serg

@ByteCommander Like I said, I've no issues with java, I've problem with the professor that was teaching java this semester . . . .Anyhow, I dropped that class, so i am freeeeeee, like a biiiiiird

GeoMint

;)

@kos my favorite DE are GNOME and XFCE

Byte Commander

9:03 PM

Dupe-close: askubuntu.com/q/694482/367990

@Serg Just FYI, if you literally translate "free like a bird" to German, that means "outlawed" back in English... (means everybody could have killed you without committing a crime back in the dark medieval ages)

Serg

@ByteCommander thank goodness we live in the 21st century . . . .

kos

@GeoMint XFCE / LXDE are bit too minimal for me, after all I have a pretty decent laptop, but I liked the lightness. Another DE I quite liked was Cinnamon

GeoMint

its nice

i like it more on linux mint

kos

@ByteCommander They seem to have the top panel though...maybe they just hide the launcher?

Byte Commander

> I've lost my top and left panel on Ubuntu 14.04

kos

9:11 PM

@GeoMint Yea, I used the Minty theme with it. Very nice

Byte Commander

I've voted before the picture was edited in @kos

GeoMint

@kos that's why i choosed mint in my username :P

Byte Commander

Don't know now...

kos

@GeoMint Right. :D

@ByteCommander I had the missing panel / launcher problem, but...the panel was missing :)

I don't know, maybe it's a variant of the same problem though.

Byte Commander

No idea. Good night folks! o/

kos

9:21 PM

Night @ByteCommander

GeoMint

@ByteCommander o/

user136984

@ByteCommander: Goodnight! :)

Nathan Osman

Remember, Seth's meeting is in half-an-hour.

Tim

@Serg Good Luck!

Night all o/

GeoMint

9:36 PM

goodnight @Tim

Fabby

@HeatherBrown Care to explain? I don't get it...

@Tim Good night!

Go away before you turn into a pumpkin! ;-)

@kos @A.B. \o

user136984

@Zacharee1: Well, the main reason I created the Q&A was because I found Redshift and thought it was a great app that everyone should know about, so for me it would kind of beat the point if I started getting other answers, because anyone can really see that it's posted to promote a solution for a specific problem, and that I am sort of promoting the solution rather than looking for another, but you can do what you want. :)

Serg

@_@ Smart women -> another weakness of mine; My coworker just basically gave me ideas what to put onto the evaluation . . .Aside from being super hot as always

user136984

@Tim: Goodnight! :)

user136984

@Zacharee1: Though I don't want to appear as though I only accept an answer from myself even if another is better. And I understand that what I just said in the message above could have been taken negatively by some, but I did not mean it so. :)

user136984

9:50 PM

@Zacharee1: And maybe I should have used the word "share" rather than "promote".

Seth

My membership meeting is in 5 minutes! :D

Nathan Osman

I'm already there :)

#ubuntu-meeting on Freenode for the curious.

^--- everyone should go here

Seth

in other news, who re-did the community site in bold typeface o_O

btw, does anyone know of an IRC client that will let me sort the join/part messages into a different pane/window/something? I like to see them but not in the middle of messages.

user136984

Goodnight! :)

Nathan Osman

Sure is quiet in the IRC room...

Ah here we go.

GeoMint

10:00 PM

@NathanOsman i joined just to see :P

Nathan Osman

I see you :P

GeoMint

:P

Nathan Osman

@Seth am I in the right room?

Seth

@NathanOsman yeah, nothing has happened yet..

Nathan Osman

._.

Seth

10:03 PM

pleia is there! Cool!

GeoMint

@NathanOsman your username?

Nathan Osman

george_e.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: What this S.M.A.R.T. information means? by HerrFelix on askubuntu.com

Seth

@SmokeDetector err..

Nathan Osman

I embedded the image.

But I have no idea why that got flagged...

GeoMint

10:06 PM

@Seth :D

@NathanOsman :P

Nathan Osman

Lurking in IRC, hanging out here, making edits. ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Like a boss.

da Boss

hi...

Anyone out there?

Nathan Osman

...not that kind of boss :P

GeoMint

hahaha

da Boss

...its alive!!!

Seth

10:09 PM

lol

da Boss

How do I make a launcher for Minecraft?

Seth

318

Q: How can I edit/create new launcher items in Unity by hand?

Will Unity allow making custom launcher icons from .desktop files or via menu editing system? (Right now the launcher doesn't give the option to "keep in launcher" on all programs. For some programs I use, I have to make custom launchers or .desktop files. For instance, daily blender builds are...

unity launcher .desktop

Is that what you mean?

da Boss

well I mean tlike on the desktop...

Or the unity bar would be fine...

but I have tried a couple of methods with no sucess

GeoMint

you need to make minecraft.jar executable. i had that trouble once

Seth

@daBoss well you will have to show us what you've tried ;)

or tell us.. tell us is fine too haha.

da Boss

10:13 PM

@Seth I don't remember it was like 3 weeks ago...

Seth

@daBoss then I guess you'll have to start over ;p

da Boss

Your you can :-P

Seth

whoops, I keep dropping letters today lol.

da Boss

All I need is a script to run the command to launch it no?

Seth

depending on what all is required to launch it, yes.

Scripts work for just about 99% of things.

da Boss

10:15 PM

java -jar Minecraft.jar

will launch it

if the terminal is in the same directory

Nathan Osman

You could always make the path to Minecraft.jar absolute.

Then you could launch it from anywhere.

GeoMint

@Seth how can i vote for you?

Nathan Osman

@GeoMint you can't vote, I'm afraid.

da Boss

How do I do that?

Seth

@GeoMint only the council members get to actually vote.

Nathan Osman

10:17 PM

But you can voice support.

GeoMint

hmm ok

Seth

I forget how many people are on the council.. but not that many ;)

Nathan Osman

Members get to vote on the council :P

da Boss

By the way I have go to get me one of these!

seaxplorer.nl/home

Seth

whoa, that's freaking awesome!

If only we were all millionaires :P

Fabby

10:19 PM

@daBoss Meh, you can keep it...

(I don't like boats)

Nathan Osman

Congratulations to Seth who is now an official Ubuntu Member!

18

da Boss

The SeaXplorer 100 comes with 2 helos!

Thomas W.

@NathanOsman I wanted to post that. *glares at Nathan with all the evil of Hell itself behind the glare*

GeoMint

@Seth CONGRATULATIONS

Nathan Osman

@ThomasW. I was faster :P

Fabby

10:20 PM

@Seth Congratulations!

Thomas W.

Congrats, @Seth!!!!!

Seth

thanks guys!

da Boss

@Fabby you may not like boats...but if you had billions of dollars and you did, this would be the one to buy :-D

GeoMint

6 / 4 votes :P

Terrance

What are we congratulating @Seth for?

Thomas W.

10:30 PM

10 mins ago, by Nathan Osman

Congratulations to Seth who is now an official Ubuntu Member!

Terrance

@ThomasW. Ah, many thanks!

@Seth Congrats!! =)

Seth

thank you!

Thanks to @NathanOsman, @ThomasW. and @GeoMint for being there in person too :)

Nathan Osman

NP.

GeoMint

its an honor :)

Seth

btw, has anyone else been experiencing issues with chromium lately? It kinda freezes up every once and a while. I have to resize the window to make it work again.

da Boss

10:35 PM

@Seth isn't that the general behaviour of Chromium?

GeoMint

@Seth firefox :P

Seth

@daBoss haha, no.

da Boss

When did newegg.com redesign their webpage?

Seth

@GeoMint I prefer FF in general, but Chromium has some features I use regularly that FF either doesn't have or doesn't do well.. :/

@daBoss looks like it.

GeoMint

@Seth i am curius to know what features

da Boss

10:39 PM

@GeoMint mainly his automatic porn history deleter...

GeoMint

hahahaha

Seth

bookmark syncing is one. I know FF supposedly has this feature, but I could never get it to work. Chromium also lets me manage my sessions across different machines really easily. I can open a tab on one, walk to another and open that tab with just a few clicks. The other one is userscripts. tampermonkey works so much better than greasemonkey.

Thomas W.

@Seth I'm always lurking :P

@daBoss Hasn't changed for a couple months now

da Boss

I haven't changed what?

GeoMint

@Seth that's a good reason

Fabby

10:56 PM

@daBoss If my uncle had tits she'd be my aunt...

@Seth You're a mod... So now you're a member, does the 20-star PSA still have to remain now that we have a new one? >:-)

Seth