Getting started with windows and screens without desktop environment


 
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Old 10-31-2012
Question Getting started with windows and screens without desktop environment

Hi there,

Hope the title is sufficiently self explaining.
I have no idea how to start and where to start.
I don't even know what keywords to google for.

I need to build a machine :
  • based on Debian
  • without desktop environment
  • with a quite powerful multi-monitor graphic card
  • able to run 4 browsers (firefox?)
  • each browser sent to a different window
  • each windows sent to a different monitor
What program should I use to say :
  • run firefox, navigate to site1, send the image to screen1
  • run firefox, navigate to site2, send the image to screen2
  • run firefox, navigate to site3, send the image to screen3
  • etc.
I have to admit I know one keyword that I heard of and looks related to what I'm trying to do but it's to vast for me to narrow my google exploration. It's x11. Woohoo! Big start.



Can anyone point me even slightly in a more precise direction?



Thanks for your help.


Santiago
 
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