Dual Monitors Issue

Have Zorin installed but one issue.

I have two monitors. One that is landscape and one that operates in portrait mode ( I do a lot of writing and an A4 view helps to see a whole page).
I am not a coding expert or expert on how to open up the underbelly of the operating system.

Basically I wish to be able with each of the monitors, to be able have alternative different backgrounds. Sometimes I use self-created background as home/office notes and reminders to see instantly.
As it is, a landscape picture/background that I have on one monitor, is far smaller on the other as its copied to the secondary (portrait) one.
Sadly this still has not been addressed not only with Zorin but a lot of Ubtuntu based systems.

Is there any add-on or other simple install app that can be made available to non-coding expect users.
I have long looked for Ubuntu based operating systems (and others) to easier come up with a solution or system control panel function to solve this.
So far I've had no luck.

Just in marketing terms (my area of training/skills/work) to the public for adoption of Zorin (and other similar systems) adoption, lack ease of use for average users is greater limited when encountering such continuing problems such as mine above and others.
This problem should have have been over come by now. Windows/Apple operating systems already address this problem or allow the installation of a third party application to assist.
If there is a similar third party application that can assist with my (and many others) problem in this area, can you please advise me?
I want to stick with Zorin if possible - and also be able to persuade others better, to take its usage as a possible new direction too.

Help?

You may need RandR but not sure if it will do what you are seeking:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RandR

Swarfendor437 wrote:You may need RandR but not sure if it will do what you are seeking:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RandR

Sadly, no joy with that in any way.
* It will only allow resizing of the original image - and when that is done in up-scaling for a portrait monitor, the left/right sides are there for chopped off.
* The user is also still stuck with the same image on both monitors - regardless of size of either also.

(From an average PC consumer point of view, the write-up of that application on its own website, is far from consumer friendly. It can only be assessed that its meant for more heavy duty techies only. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=927)

Not sure if this is exactly what your looking for but post it anyway,
http://askubuntu.com/questions/75998/is ... -workspace

qnarkill wrote:Not sure if this is exactly what your looking for but post it anyway,
http://askubuntu.com/questions/75998/is ... -workspace

Thanks.
Having read that I'm twice as confused if its safe to now try that process or if the outcome is that one of the apps is still dangerous to install and run on Zorin.
From a technical point of view, just in trying to install it, for an average user, that page of techie stuff would scream "Keep away" and "Don't even bother trying to do this if you don't know what they hell your doing!"

I'm still no further on and its not the fault of Zorin itself.
Linux based (but NOT JUST Linux) creators should have come up with a simple solution by now this many years for average users in regard to dual monitors.
I have watched this issue be repeated raised across other forums, for some considerable time now and every few months repeatedly look to see if anyone has come up with a straight forward package solution.
Sadly, no joy. This a long time shame. just I will just keep looking again in another six months. Its all very disappointing.

Here in the UK, your 'average' user just has one monitor per system - the main exception being in certain employment arenas - just a comment.

JRudd wrote:I'm still no further on and its not the fault of Zorin itself.
Linux based (but NOT JUST Linux) creators should have come up with a simple solution by now this many years for average users in regard to dual monitors.

I agree about the usability, its not as easy as in win/osx and can be pain in the b*tt for GUI-oriented users. Linux is not yet for average users, imho. Thanks for stopping by.