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.

  • otp@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    18
    ·
    10 months ago

    Dual monitor in diagonal mode to get a perfect diamond orientation!

    …I’m sure there’s some arcade game that plays on some awkward display that’s designed to be a diamond or even diagonal…

    • brsrklf@jlai.lu
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      10 months ago

      Well, arcade machines used CRT displays. Not sure someone was crazy enough to build cabinets in which you’d have to rig those heavy bastards so they rest on a corner.

      • otp@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        10 months ago

        Point the CRT upwards at a series of mirrors which display on a diagonal screen! Lmao

        • brsrklf@jlai.lu
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          10 months ago

          Now make the mirrors controllable and let the game do crazy optic full screen rotations, panning and zooming.