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I wasn't too happy when my distro upgraded from 2.8 to 2.10. The new icon set for the toolbox may be more trendy, but I have a much harder time recognizing/und

by tripa 6y ago

I wasn't too happy when my distro upgraded from 2.8 to 2.10. The new icon set for the toolbox may be more trendy, but I have a much harder time recognizing/understanding which is which not they're all monochrome. Glad to see HiDPI come up.

Kjeldahl 6y ago
Yeah, except I guess 98% of HiDPI users are on MacOS, a platform they are currently unable to create builds for.
- tripa 6y ago
  So I am the 2%. Glad anyway :)
- mixmastamyk 6y ago
  It's 2020. I've been sitting in front of two 4k monitors for perhaps five years now, under Ubuntu Mate. Every month or so an HN comment implies it doesn't work. ;-)
  - btashton 6y ago
    So many years of people telling me that my exact setup does not work, yet here I am not remembering the last time I had an issue with displays on Linux. It has even gotten _better_ since I moved to Wayland which I am also told does not work.
    - OJFord 6y ago
      To be fair, the last time I did was when I bought my current monitor, this year. 2560x1440, and only works properly when I log in so my X config loads. I messed up some PAM config shortly after, and had to chroot to fix it - couldn't read a single letter I was typing (impossibly small and distorted for the number of pixels used to display them, character widths all over the place too) but manager to get it done, very carefully and slowly... I probably should've made getting it working system wide a priority after that (maybe it's as simple as I used my user config rather than /etc, I can't remember) but I haven't. I suppose worst case I could use a different older monitor anyway.
  - mnahkies 6y ago
    Agree - been using 4k monitors with Fedora for years as well, and whilst there's still a few warts it's been steadily getting better and is perfectly usable. Looking forward to seeing Gimp with native support though
- solarkraft 6y ago
  Hello from the 2%.
- dubcanada 6y ago
  Ya there certainly isn’t and hidpi windows or Mac users
reidrac 6y ago
You can change that on the settings. I know because I had the same problem and you can choose a more familiar iconset.
- Dahoon 6y ago
  >You can change that on the settings. Always a valid reply in Linux discussions.
  - Shared404 6y ago
    To be fair, that's part of why I use Linux :)
  - kzrdude 6y ago
    Though not always in GNOME discussions j/k
    - zozbot234 6y ago
      "You can change that in dconf. Though maybe there is a tweak for it. Or perhaps it's a behavior you can script in gnome-shell."
      - kelnos 6y ago
        More like "you can change that in dconf, but there's a bug[0] that makes it reset every time you restart the application". [0] sotto voce "that we're probably never going to fix"
MildlySerious 6y ago
The silver lining to that is that I ended up using shortcuts that I never bothered memorizing before.
- kzrdude 6y ago
  I'm so poisoned by election news that I read "Nate Silver" in your comment.

by tripa 6y ago

Kjeldahl 6y ago

Yeah, except I guess 98% of HiDPI users are on MacOS, a platform they are currently unable to create builds for.

tripa 6y ago
So I am the 2%. Glad anyway :)
mixmastamyk 6y ago
It's 2020. I've been sitting in front of two 4k monitors for perhaps five years now, under Ubuntu Mate. Every month or so an HN comment implies it doesn't work. ;-)
- btashton 6y ago
  So many years of people telling me that my exact setup does not work, yet here I am not remembering the last time I had an issue with displays on Linux. It has even gotten _better_ since I moved to Wayland which I am also told does not work.
  - OJFord 6y ago
    To be fair, the last time I did was when I bought my current monitor, this year. 2560x1440, and only works properly when I log in so my X config loads. I messed up some PAM config shortly after, and had to chroot to fix it - couldn't read a single letter I was typing (impossibly small and distorted for the number of pixels used to display them, character widths all over the place too) but manager to get it done, very carefully and slowly... I probably should've made getting it working system wide a priority after that (maybe it's as simple as I used my user config rather than /etc, I can't remember) but I haven't. I suppose worst case I could use a different older monitor anyway.
- mnahkies 6y ago
  Agree - been using 4k monitors with Fedora for years as well, and whilst there's still a few warts it's been steadily getting better and is perfectly usable. Looking forward to seeing Gimp with native support though
solarkraft 6y ago
Hello from the 2%.
dubcanada 6y ago
Ya there certainly isn’t and hidpi windows or Mac users

reidrac 6y ago

You can change that on the settings. I know because I had the same problem and you can choose a more familiar iconset.

Dahoon 6y ago
>You can change that on the settings. Always a valid reply in Linux discussions.
- Shared404 6y ago
  To be fair, that's part of why I use Linux :)
- kzrdude 6y ago
  Though not always in GNOME discussions j/k
  - zozbot234 6y ago
    "You can change that in dconf. Though maybe there is a tweak for it. Or perhaps it's a behavior you can script in gnome-shell."
    - kelnos 6y ago
      More like "you can change that in dconf, but there's a bug[0] that makes it reset every time you restart the application". [0] sotto voce "that we're probably never going to fix"

MildlySerious 6y ago

The silver lining to that is that I ended up using shortcuts that I never bothered memorizing before.

kzrdude 6y ago
I'm so poisoned by election news that I read "Nate Silver" in your comment.