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Card 493 of 10002026-08-23 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-08-23

lsdisplay Maps the Screens Attached to a Linux Machine

lsdisplay.org Observed source
Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A zero-dependency Linux utility that reports each display's connector, EDID details, resolution, position, rotation, and graphics-card relationship.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-23 issue.

Why it surfaced

The motivating problem is wonderfully concrete: after reinstalling a workstation with six screens and three graphics cards, which connector is driving the 32-inch display in the lower-right corner? lsdisplay answers with a proportioned ASCII map, while also offering JSON output, EDID overrides, and support for X11 and several Wayland environments.

A zero-dependency Linux utility that reports each display's connector, EDID details, resolution, position, rotation, and graphics-card relationship.

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ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use

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lsdisplay.org

Landing page observed 2026-08-23. The live site may have changed.