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Hi, I'm new here!
I've been looking around everywhere for a display enhacer for my Ubuntu (Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS) machine. I'm currently displaying on one monitor, but would like to conect another external monitor to have a total of 2 external monitors. I have looked everywhere but I don't seem to find an external enahcer any where. All the display enhancers are ususally for Mac or Windows, but nothing for Linux. Any recommendations?

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I'm unsure of what you're asking. What is a 'display enhancer'?

If you want a 2nd monitor, you can do that without any extra software. You will need a 2nd port, like HDMI. Your OS will know that there are two monitors installed (in my experience) and you can just configure it in your display settings. You can make it an extended monitor or make it mirror the first monitor, all without needing any extra software - from my experiences.
 
What do you mean "Display Enhancer"? Why do you think that you need one?

Have you tried just plugging in a second monitor?
That's about all I had to do, except tell the Display Manager in KDE Plasma (or whatever) which was the main and secondary, and their orientation (position in relation to each other, left or right etc.

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KGIII said:
I'm unsure of what you're asking. What is a 'display enhancer'?

If you want a 2nd monitor, you can do that without any extra software. You will need a 2nd port, like HDMI. Your OS will know that there are two monitors installed (in my experience) and you can just configure it in your display settings. You can make it an extended monitor or make it mirror the first monitor, all without needing any extra software - from my experiences.
Click to expand...
I'm asking for hardware, my computer only has one HDMI port, so I'm looking to connect my other external monitor
 
Mike-W0BTU said:
What do you mean "Display Enhancer"? Why do you think that you need one?

Have you tried just plugging in a second monitor?
That's about all I had to do, except tell the Display Manager in KDE Plasma (or whatever) which was the main and secondary, and their orientation (position in relation to each other, left or right etc.

Ubuntu, Mint, Debian, Manjaro. :-)

Just Do It.™
Click to expand...
My computer only has one HDMI port, so I'm looking for hardware to connect my other external monitor
 
If you only have 1 video output, you can get an HDMI splitter. The thing about this, is that the output will be the same on both screens. You can't have a different desktop on each monitor.


The second option is running hdmi through a USB port,


If you want decently fast video, make sure you have a USB3.x or better. This will bypass any discrete video cards you have (Radeon/GeForce) and use the embedded GPU in the CPU. (not all CPUs have embedded GPUs)
 
dos2unix said:
If you only have 1 video output, you can get an HDMI splitter. The thing about this, is that the output will be the same on both screens. You can't have a different desktop on each monitor.


The second option is running hdmi through a USB port,


If you want decently fast video, make sure you have a USB3.x or better. This will bypass any discrete video cards you have (Radeon/GeForce) and use the embedded GPU in the CPU. (not all CPUs have embedded GPUs)
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That's a good option thank you
 
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