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> Complex and color-heavy programs struggle with such a small palette. Damn if only there was some other system that could be operating with that in mind

worthless-trash 8mo ago
I feel like you're saying one operating system does it better, but I fail to think of one.
- gzread 8mo ago
  Windows allows you to set any pixel to any 24-bit colour.
  - OJFord 8mo ago
    Not really an OS thing, you can get 24 bit 'true' colour on Linux/macOS too depending on term. Alacritty supports it, for example.
    - gzread 8mo ago
      You need support from third party software such as Xorg or Weston. On Windows, it just works.
      - cap11235 8mo ago
        Do you think xorg and weston dont support more than 16 colors? You just run a different terminal emulator.
        gzread 8mo ago
        So I need a terminal emulator to see colours? On Windows I just open a window and put colours in it.
        iamnothere 8mo ago
        Windows doesn’t even have a framebuffer console, so you’re not exactly comparing apples to apples here. In a Linux GUI (X or Wayland) running a modern terminal you get what you are asking for. Same as Windows except that standard Windows lacks the ability to run without a GUI.
      - OJFord 8mo ago
        That's ridiculous, even if you extend third-party to mean 'not bundled', with Linux depending on distro that's just everything except the kernel anyway, it's not some 'oh my god it's not bundled it doesn't just work', that's exactly the way it does work - if you want something you install it. (And if you don't make such an extension, what, you have no third-party graphics drivers for example?)
      - worthless-trash 8mo ago
        I believe these are 'first party' software when it comes to linux.
    - worthless-trash 8mo ago
      Apples shipping terminal is drastically featureless in comparison to a lot of third party terminals.
- King-Aaron 8mo ago
  Eh, i was being facetious, but really the point being it's kind of beyond the scope of what a terminal is for if we start plugging in full colour rendering. It is still cool.

worthless-trash 8mo ago

I feel like you're saying one operating system does it better, but I fail to think of one.

gzread 8mo ago
Windows allows you to set any pixel to any 24-bit colour.
- OJFord 8mo ago
  Not really an OS thing, you can get 24 bit 'true' colour on Linux/macOS too depending on term. Alacritty supports it, for example.
  - gzread 8mo ago
    You need support from third party software such as Xorg or Weston. On Windows, it just works.
    - cap11235 8mo ago
      Do you think xorg and weston dont support more than 16 colors? You just run a different terminal emulator.
      - gzread 8mo ago
        So I need a terminal emulator to see colours? On Windows I just open a window and put colours in it.
        iamnothere 8mo ago
        Windows doesn’t even have a framebuffer console, so you’re not exactly comparing apples to apples here. In a Linux GUI (X or Wayland) running a modern terminal you get what you are asking for. Same as Windows except that standard Windows lacks the ability to run without a GUI.
    - OJFord 8mo ago
      That's ridiculous, even if you extend third-party to mean 'not bundled', with Linux depending on distro that's just everything except the kernel anyway, it's not some 'oh my god it's not bundled it doesn't just work', that's exactly the way it does work - if you want something you install it. (And if you don't make such an extension, what, you have no third-party graphics drivers for example?)
    - worthless-trash 8mo ago
      I believe these are 'first party' software when it comes to linux.
  - worthless-trash 8mo ago
    Apples shipping terminal is drastically featureless in comparison to a lot of third party terminals.
King-Aaron 8mo ago
Eh, i was being facetious, but really the point being it's kind of beyond the scope of what a terminal is for if we start plugging in full colour rendering. It is still cool.