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Greyscale Xorg

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 ★ 02:06 ★ Category Linux ★ Permanent url

Colour is highly overrated, so let’s get rid of that new-fashioned nonsense and return to the good old days of greyscale computer screens!

It’s really easy: in your xorg.conf, add DefaultDepth 8 to the Screen section, and within that section, add Visual "StaticGray" to SubSection "Display".

Now, after restarting X, you will not be distracted by colours anymore: everything will be neatly desaturated.