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Twitter post by Daniel Feldman (@d_feldman): Linux is the only major operating system to support diagonal mode (credit [Twitter] @xssfox). Image shows an untrawide monitor rotated about 45 degrees, with a horizontal IDE window taking up a bottom triangle. A web browser and settings menu above it are organized creating a window shape almost like a stepped pyramid.

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  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    150·
    11 months ago

    BRB, sticking microcontrollers to the back of my monitors so I can use their accelerometers to report the orientations in real time…

    • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialEnglish
      68·
      11 months ago

      I would love it so much if xrandr was able to keep up with that and didn’t blink for 3 seconds every time you changed orientation

      • baduhai
        17·
        11 months ago

        Maybe a custom Wayland compositor could keep up