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		franga2000 on Jan 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a... Note that it is definitely possible to use this without those horrible dongles and even if you don't have any spare video ports at all. Unfortunately, on both Windows and Mac, open-source solutions don't exist because no single developer wants to deal with driver signing. On Linux, you can do this a number of ways: - the evdi kernel module can create fake video outputs (I'm currently working on a CLI for it - stay tuned) - xrandr can force-enable disconnected video outputs (I believe even if you've used up all the CRTCs) - xrandr with Intel drivers can create virtual screens - swaywm has a config option to make virtual screens

pavlobu on Jan 26, 2021 [–]

Thanks for sharing! Is drivers signing that painful ?

franga2000 on Jan 26, 2021 | [–]

Well to start, it costs like 500$ a year [0].

This does seem to be changing [1], but I haven't looked into what the new procedure is/will be.

[0] https://www.digicert.com/code-signing/driver-signing-certifi...

[1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/in...

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