#ExternalMonitors

Khurram Wadee ✅mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk
2026-02-17

#Linux does it again. My #laptop has three #USBPorts and all those are #USB2 at best. That could be a severe restriction and limit the number of things I could attach to the #computer at once. At work, they provide a #DockingStataion which allows me to run three #ExternalMonitors through one #USBC connection via an adaptor.

#Fedora #GNU #USB #StraightOutOfTheBox

2022-06-14

Using a Tablet as a Second Monitor in Ubuntu is Actually Pretty Easy

Today I learn that it’s pretty easy to use an iPad or an Android tablet as a second monitor with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Not just “access your desktop” but “use it to extend your desktop” as though it were a regular, physically connected external monitor. I know: I’m supposed to be on the pulse of stuff like this and yet, here I am, monsieur slow-train, only learning about this capability cos it got mentioned it in a Reddit thread that, mercifully, passed before my eyes. Naturally I had to dive it to try it out first hand. I’ve wanted something :sys_more_orange:
#Hardware #HowTo #ExternalMonitors #Gnome42 #Ipad #RemoteDesktopSession

:sys_omgubuntu: omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/06/use-ip

Media source: https://149366088.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/use-ipad-secodn-monitor-linux.jpg

Client Info

Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.07
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst