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How to scale down a larger display to a smaller display via xrandr with both connected simultaneously
xrandr --output LVDS-0 --mode 1920x1080 --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x768 --same-as LVDS-0 --scale 1.875x1.40625 #Scale down the 1920x1080 resolution of an LVDS display and display it on a 1024x768 VGA display.
# Scaling one display from 1024x768 to 1920x1080: xrandr --output LVDS-0 --scale 1.875x1.40625
# Multiple for scaling 1280x1024 to 1920x1080: 1.5x1.0546875
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