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I can no longer use Linux on desktop due to Xorg's lousy DPI scaling support and tearing. Let's face the fact that most laptops are currently HiDPI, modern exte
by fabioborellini 6y ago
I can no longer use Linux on desktop due to Xorg's lousy DPI scaling support and tearing. Let's face the fact that most laptops are currently HiDPI, modern external displays are too, and neither 1x nor 2x scaling is tolerable with most of them. Unfortunately my video card does not really work with Wayland.
I have never had this serious hardware issues with Linux since 2002. Xorg got outdated but the replacements are not here yet.
- posix_me_less 6y agoWhat does "lousy DPI scaling support" mean? You can configure this in desktop environment, e.g. in Xfce Menu/Settings/Appearance/Fonts/DPI.
- fabioborellini 6y agoI mean display scaling settings that are especially useful for laptops with high-DPI screens. The desktop environments do have settings for scaling all the elements (not only fonts) but when running on Xorg, the alternatives in the DE are 1x, 2x and 4x, while many present-day configurations would require fractional scaling (like 1.5x) to be usable. I have a 27-inch 3840x2160 display which I cannot use without scaling, since the UI elements get too small for my eyesight, and scaling everything 2x (effectively 1920x1080) kind of voids the purpose of buying a 27-inch display since the usable screen estate is downgraded to something typical for 23-inch screens. Our laptop has 13-inch screen with 1920x1080 resolution - again not usable without scaling and a disaster with 2x scaling (960x540). Windows is offering very convenient 150% and 125% scaling options on these pieces of hardware, so I had to migrate my professional work to WSL unitl updating to Radeon and Wayland.