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Stretching a Laptop Display on a Bus

13. 5. 2026 · 1 min read · [edit]

We’ve all been there – you find yourself sitting on a bus with an hour or two to spare. You pull out your laptop, eager to finish that one blog post you didn’t have time for, but – oh no! – there is not enough room in front of you to work comfortably!

You can either

1. fold the monitor to have a comfortable arm position, distorting the display 🤏, or
2. bring the laptop closer and raise your arms like Dracula to be able to type 🧛

What the global elites are not telling you is that there is a third option: combine the comfort of a non-vampiric hand position and an undistorted display by folding it and stretching the screen to accommodate for the distortion – all for the low low price of a single magical xrandr incantation:

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xrandr --output <your monitor> --transform 1,0,0,0,0.6,0,0,0,1

Beautiful. Pristine. Like bus rides were always meant to be experienced.