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Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 6 months ago by catch22@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (8 children)

I can barely keep track of my one desktop what are people doing with multiple desktops?

[–] misspacfic@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

for work i have to have like 3 PDFs open, my IDE, a browser, etc.

it's nice being able just switch to a clean desktop to browse the internet or write an email without messing up my window placement or getting lost in a bunch of layers.

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

First desktop for work/study related windows another for research/info related windows and third one for chill/media related windows, sometimes you work on more than two documents at the same time and researching theme with timeouts for chill so multiple desktops is very useful

[–] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Using multiple desktops may help you keep all those open programs more organized. :)

I use only use them at work. One desktop is for e-mail, chats, and my music player, the other has all the stuff I need for whatever I'm actually working on at the moment. If I'm switching back and forth between two unrelated tasks, I might use a third to keep everything for the two tasks separate.

[–] sanguine_artichoke@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago

It's good if you have sets of apps open for different tasks. I used to have one for programming (text editor/browser/console) and one for graphic editing (gimp/console/image viewer/blender), and one for general browsing/time wasting, all on two monitors. Pretty handy to keep your focus.

[–] Piwix@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

It's like having a second or third monitor but instead of moving your eyes to the other monitor you move the desktop you're currently looking at.

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

For every desktop there is a desk-bottom, so one is wise to be cautious ʘ‿ʘ

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago

I used to use them a lot when monitors were smaller and I put one full screen window on each desktop. With bigger monitors and multiple windows open on just one, I don't really use them anymore.

[–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social -1 points 6 months ago

music can stay on one workspace

work on another

messenger on another.

my alt-tab is always in the right order, and accessing specific functions like music or messaging is a whole other key sequence and muscle memory.