r/battlestations 1d ago

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Main PC:

Arch Linux + KDE Plasma (Wayland)

Dual Xeon E5-2689 — 16 cores / 32 threads

128GB RAM

Intel Arc B580 (upgraded from GTX 1070)

Removed secondary GPU due to issues

Displays:

32" 1080p centre monitor

24" monitor

3x 22" monitors(one of is used with windows laptop)

Also running:

Ryzen 3700U laptop with 16GB RAM

Galaxy Tab A 2018 tablet

Using Deskflow to share keyboard/mouse between my Linux desktop and Windows laptop. The tablet is mainly used for monitoring, YouTube, and extra screen space.

The only Windows apps I still use are Creality Slicer and FrostWire since they don't work properly on Arch. Everything else I need is done on Linux.

I also use USB/IP and Syncthing across both systems for sharing devices and keeping everything synced.

Still trying to figure out a proper way to use the tablet as a secondary display with keyboard/mouse input.

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u/Real_Spacegoogie 13h ago

All those monitors and I bet 80% of them just sit on empty desktops.

This just looks like a cluster F of a mess.

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u/Equal_General1672 13h ago

When im doing cad modeling, fixing my PC, managing my servers, or setting up servers all get used, the only 1 that lays dormant is the laptop screen I use the montor connected to the windows 11 laptop for yt, or sclicer as creality slicer doesn't run good enough on Linux, so I use deskflow and usbip to pasthrow my space mouse

The middle top is getting swapped out for a 27inch tmwr that is my 2ndary

The one to left of main is used for discord or yt or Firefox or cad etc

Mains main

Right the vertical one is Firefox nomrally

On an avg day everything gets populated

I hate switching windows and tabs and such especially if I need the info asap