How to get two monitors working.

One thing that is more difficult with Ubuntu than windows is dual monitor support. It is there but not always easy to get going.

Lets look at the possible easy way first. Go to System --> Preferences --> Screen Resolution. From there you may very well be able to detect and set up both monitors. From my experience this has never worked for me.

So onto a more complex solution. Many will have already installed the restricted drivers to enable their card 3d capabilities but you will also need some more help to get dual monitors working. That happens by installing a great little item called Envy. It configures your Xorg settings for you so you don't have to do it by hand. Here is a link to a great tutorial on getting this set up with either ATI or NVIDIA cards. http://vasir.net/blog/ubuntu/set-up-dual-monitors-with-ubuntu-804/