Linux is the only OS to support diagonal PC monitor mode — dev champions the case for 22-degree-rotation computing - eviltoast
2024 could be the year of the Linux diagonal desktop.

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.

  • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
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    11 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.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

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

      • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
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        11 months ago

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