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Many many many apps on Linux still have massive issues with DPI, especially with mixed-DPI environments (which are no longer an edge case, they're the Common Ca

Many many many apps on Linux still have massive issues with DPI, especially with mixed-DPI environments (which are no longer an edge case, they're the Common Case with a laptop attached to a monitor). Even accessing machines remotely via Xrdp has huge issues because once you create the session with a certain DPI, logging into the session from a different DPI machine means you're stuck reading either extremely tiny or extremely huge text

deno 6y ago
Using mixed-blurriness environment sounds like a nightmare to me, even if everything should work correctly.
- nxc18 6y ago
  Its really not, only Linux makes it that way. If its done right (as it is on mac, and to a _very_ slightly lesser extent, Windows) there isn't 'blurriness' at all. One monitor will just happen to be sharper than the other. I work every day with a 4K monitor and a 1080p monitor side-by-side and it works well. Linux couldn't handle it in any configuration, especially with mixed Intel integrated+nvidia graphics, but Windows is a champ.
  - gwillz 6y ago
    Wayland+Intel is working quite well in my mixed 4K+1080p setup. Qt apps are handling like a champion. Gtk seems okay too. Obviously it's not so great with Xwayland, definite blurriness there. But to compare, the only workable X11 setup was one that ignored my 4K screen entirely and the whole thing was blurry.
diffeomorphism 6y ago
They are totally an edge case. If you care about hidpi why do you still have a bad external screen? If you don't care about hidpi simply set a lower resolution on the one hidpi screen.
- pjmlp 6y ago
  Because that is a standard office configuration during the last 15 years, laptops with docking stations and external monitors. More than enough time to catch up.
  - diffeomorphism 6y ago
    Yes, standard configuration where the laptop and the external monitor have about the same ppi.

deno 6y ago

Using mixed-blurriness environment sounds like a nightmare to me, even if everything should work correctly.

nxc18 6y ago
Its really not, only Linux makes it that way. If its done right (as it is on mac, and to a _very_ slightly lesser extent, Windows) there isn't 'blurriness' at all. One monitor will just happen to be sharper than the other. I work every day with a 4K monitor and a 1080p monitor side-by-side and it works well. Linux couldn't handle it in any configuration, especially with mixed Intel integrated+nvidia graphics, but Windows is a champ.
- gwillz 6y ago
  Wayland+Intel is working quite well in my mixed 4K+1080p setup. Qt apps are handling like a champion. Gtk seems okay too. Obviously it's not so great with Xwayland, definite blurriness there. But to compare, the only workable X11 setup was one that ignored my 4K screen entirely and the whole thing was blurry.

diffeomorphism 6y ago

They are totally an edge case. If you care about hidpi why do you still have a bad external screen? If you don't care about hidpi simply set a lower resolution on the one hidpi screen.

pjmlp 6y ago
Because that is a standard office configuration during the last 15 years, laptops with docking stations and external monitors. More than enough time to catch up.
- diffeomorphism 6y ago
  Yes, standard configuration where the laptop and the external monitor have about the same ppi.