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This is not Windows-specific, it has been shown wrt. Linux systems also. It's why recent Linux desktop environments have gotten rid of the blinking cursor in co
by zozbot234 1y ago
This is not Windows-specific, it has been shown wrt. Linux systems also. It's why recent Linux desktop environments have gotten rid of the blinking cursor in command prompt windows (that also causes frequent wakeups and screen updates) and why it probably makes sense to disable most animations too.
- userbinator 1y agoIt's why recent Linux desktop environments have gotten rid of the blinking cursor in command prompt windows This used to be done entirely in hardware (VGA text modes), and I believe some early GPUs had a feature to do that in graphics modes too.
- JdeBP 1y agoI was surprised that no-one mentioned this at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44473048 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44473048 , where someone is trying to put software-implemented text blinking into OpenBSD.