Mirroring means, or used to mean and should mean, that the two screens
show the same thing. Before, the laptop screen would show only as much
as would fit into the top left corner of the full resolution. This is
good for me because when I unplug the external monitor, the screen has
useful stuff on it.
It is also good because I have no use for the small laptop screen while
at my desk in the office: the screen is small enough that I'd have to
have the laptop in my lap and that interferes with being comfortable.
Having the screens not be mirrored also means that the computer
(metacity? something) occasionally wants to put things on the _other_
screen, which is small and far away, and forces me to deal with that.
It's much easier for me to just have mirrored screens.
Also, since xrandr(1) can do it, and it is clearly supported by both
hardware and software, gnome-display-properties should be able to do it
as well.
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => New
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gnome-display-properties doesn't let me use external monitor's full resolution
in mirror mode
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357694
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