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Linux is the only OS to support diagonal PC monitor mode — dev champions the case for 22-degree-rotation computing (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Linux is the only OS to support diagonal PC monitor mode — dev champions the case for 22-degree-rotation computing::A Linux developer has eschewed boring traditional landscape and portrait monitor orientations and is championing diagonal modes, with 22 degrees claimed to be the sweet spot.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

I'm starting to feel like this headline is some sort of psy-op.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The original blog post (significantly more informative and shorter than the article): https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2021/12/02/xrandr/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oh shit xssfox! She once blasted my code on Twitter 🤣

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It also mentions that the 22 degrees is based on your monitor and that was what they settled on, and even goes on to provide a handy calculator to figure out your own best angle.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you judging my orientation?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

LGBTQIA+!=/90

Edit: maybe LGBTQIA+mod90!=0 is better

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Mixed dpi, multi monitor support when?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Can we now have a 22 degree desk?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The developer has given up on "boring" straight monitors.. Yeah ok. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Get me a second, horizontal screen in front of it and it might just be a moiré!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

ITT no one seems to realize it’s a joke.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It's hard to tell in a world where people still use emacs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It’s a custom mode for people developing Angular.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Have fun with screen tearing