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They're great for work from home, especially when sharing screens. My background and task panel changes when I change desktops, and a script controls which Firefox profile is the default.

So one VD is work, another is play.

I've got triple monitors and 8-10 virtual desktops full at any given moment. Lots of multitasking. Lots of context switching where I don't necessarily want to close out any windows. Tilling WM.

Kind of thinking about adding more virtual desktops...

Even with multiple monitors, they are still useful. I use them to separate different tasks so I can switch back and forth with a keyboard shortcut.

I can't stand virtual desktops. I have 4 monitors specifically so I can have as many things visible at once at possible without switching. I work from home so this is my machine I use for everything. 1 monitor for main task or games, 1 for side tasks, 1 for media or even more side tasks, and 1 exclusively for work and personal chat. My top monitor is very large so I often have 2 or 4 different things going on at once side by side on that one. I disable virtual desktops and tiling windows on every operating system I've used.

If my GPU had more outputs, I would have more monitors. I also have a 2nd computer with a single 1080p monitor to the right (I have an L desk) for home network stuff, usually keep my security camera feed on that one.

I respect anyone who does use virtual desktops because I acknowledge that if you master the workflow, it can be more efficient if you have more than like 5 or 6 tasks going at once (vs 4 monitors), however I will die on the hill of never ever using them.

I don't like stacked windows.

Stuff that needs to run in the background moves to another desktop, like a console window logging output.

When layouting with ECAD I also like to have schematic and layout maximised. So wiki tickets and datasheets need to go somewhere.

It's easier to handle with a tiling window manager. Sadly at work I'm stuck with windows.

I’ve tried them, but my workflow makes them less useful. I prefer maximized windows, so each program behaves like their own virtual desktop.

I rather much prefer dual monitors with rules so each program always starts maximized on a specific monitor.

I never used them when i was still using a DE, but now as a tiling window manager user i use them all the time, since the point of those is that windows are placed in a layout and don't overlap, so after opening like 3 windows max, it gets too cramped for my taste and i move to a different workspace.

I use them to both maximize desktop space for multitasking (my monitor splits evenly into two 4:3 windows side by side) and keep my tasks organized, as I tend to let my brain wander of distracted. Been using i3 for like a decade now.

Reminds me of compiz in the old school days. The desktop cube was the (impractical) shit!

Why use a virtual desktop when you can simply buy more monitors?

because at least on windows, they just don't work well

shit always opens on the wrong desktop, they're slow and glitchy. it's just a pain

I just have four monitors

very infrequently I use virtual desktops for particular things, but too often I need to see the secondary shit while doing the primary and also have a meeting or tertiary info up while accessing chat

Never used them in my life and I've been machine computing over 25 years. Always one monitor, one desktop. I close shit I dont need regularly, I click on icons on the tab bar to get to the app I need. The tab bar is wide enough to hold like 30+ of them. Why do I need more than one desktop? Windows go over another, the tab bar shows everything I have open. Why switch? I never got it.

Does anyone else never use them ever?

Indispensable on laptop computers!

Desktop 1 for porn

Desktop 2 for porn also

What's the bash function doing? Moving windows to the right desktops when they're open? Do you have them open on system startup?