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stephenr
I'm all for people doing what they feel works for them, but none of the stated arguments (either from the author or direct quotes from the original tweeter) hold up to scrutiny.
ars
I think they are jokes.......
stephenr
Jokes are usually funny.
LoganDark
The joke is that who would ever actually use their monitor in a diagonal orientation? It's funny that someone actually did it, that's all.
debok
I have to disagree on this one. Most jokes that I have heard or read weren't funny at all. And seeing that I'm a dad, most jokes that I tell aren't funny either.
Gigachad
It’s less of a joke and more of a “huh, isn’t it curious this is possible”
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hooby
This rather awkwardly reminds me of an April's fools joke, I did/tried to pull years ago... (^_^')
OliveMate
Daft question: would it be possible to attach an accelerometer (edit: or gyroscope) to the monitor and connect it to a script to update the display angle on the fly?
AdrianB1
Yes. Linus personally added the driver in the next release of the kernel.
from-nibly
Yes but swapping the angle is not an instant action. In fact it has a huge black screen flash and takes like 10 or so seconds.
wiml
I've wondered why that is. Both Linux and MacOS take several seconds to change low level screen parameters like this. It made some sense in the age of CRTs, but today I struggle to understand why it takes more than 50ms. What is it doing during all that time??
eternityforest
I'm guessing It's stopping and reloading services that don't have any support for for runtime changes
seba_dos1
You could easily have instant and smooth rotation like that in a Wayland compositor.
DesiLurker
this may seem like a joke at first but I'd bet this could have some interesting uses with VR/AR goggles and tilted simulated monitors. that and pip modes in multi-monitor setups. IDK cant think of something specific that may not be achievable by other means but could be interesting.
redder23
This looks funny and is just some thing this guy does to feel special and to do something unique, it objectively makes ZERO sense, its a giant waste of screen space real estate and you can see status bar and all kinds of stuff just cut of vscode.
postalrat
Instead of complaining you could be writing code to fix those issues and optimize the 22 degree layout.
RecycledEle
If this is serious, and not a joke, then someone needs to stop patching their kernel and buy a larger LCD.

I use 2x 43" 4k TVs, but I know people who use 3x 32" screens.

These are the largest screens a human can use with a PC.

Btw, 43" 4k TVs are currently $176 each.

washadjeffmad
Having used Linux native tooling for AV installations for fifteen years, little features like this have been vital for everything from projection mapping to persistence of vision to custom geometry video walls.
Zetobal
I see a lot of people making fun of the feature but when I was in the middle of Iceland the screen on my ThinkPad broke. With the same tools used for here for fun I could create 3 virtual monitors arranged around the crack and could use my screen with no problems.
asdajksah2123
Irrespective of how you feel about this feature, the fact that an individual with an itch to scratch is able to scratch that itch in the most popular operating system in the world that drives rocket ships to nearly every website you use is a wonderful testimony to the power of Linux in particular and Open Source development in general.
hulitu
As far as i know, this was a feature in graphics drivers 10 years ago.
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