This is a more modern variation of what I posted back when Walter started a screenshot thread on Lubuntu’s Discourse ~5+ years ago, some of my displays have changed but more attached, but essentially little change.
My box has 5 displays attached; only 4 are enabled currently, and only 4 show in these shots. I rarely want/need the fifth so its left powered off, and I enable it and run a script which adjusts panels so they’re tweaked to suit its operation.
I’ll start with a screen of workspace 2 which currently has no windows…
The wallpaper may be from an older Ubuntu release (or collected along the way; biking along the river); its chosen as it spans across all my screens & looks okay on all (inc. when I have all 5 displays turned on & enabled). I do tend to prefer calm nature scenes.
My screen where I’m working (seated) most of the time is the bottom left with panel at the bottom setup to show only windows on the current workspace; the left-side panel is used as a quick launch aid, and it’ll hide from view if an active window covers it (default for all my panels except bottom & top of ‘middle’ monitors). Some other monitors also have quick launch panels as well you’ll note, and NOT all my panels are visible either; some are setup to only show when mouse pointer is over it (instead of hide when window covers) Panel on top-right display shows all open windows for any workspace, and time is UTC (not local)
You may see some eyes (panel widget) that follow the mouse-pointer, I do find that helpful when trying to find where my pointer is if. I’ve left it awhile (eg. left the room & returned later)
There is a gap between the top two monitors; I find that ‘helpful’ due to some resistance of the mouse when moved between those screens (mostly I’m going to top-left monitor from bottom left), and this gap give me about the correct amount of resistance but otherwise I don’t notice it.
Same setup with some windows can be seen via
If anyone is wondering why there are two different terminals running, they’re used for different purposes, and I find it helpful in quickly going to the correct one.
Is this pretty??? Nope…
I do find it functional though.
For those wondering why screens are setup this way; mostly its physical setup in the room & the five monitors (of seven) I’ve chosen to connect this box to. Not pretty, but its working for me. Higher monitors I usually use when standing, lower monitors are used when I’m sitting; I have a keyboard setup for sitting, standing & another behind for when I’m on an exercise bike too (usually I’m reading only from the bike so arrow keys mostly)