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Can someone comment on the state of UI scaling in Pop OS? I have a 3840x2160 display and the usual 1x or 2x UI scaling "options" for current popular DEs is extr

Can someone comment on the state of UI scaling in Pop OS? I have a 3840x2160 display and the usual 1x or 2x UI scaling "options" for current popular DEs is extremely disappointing. Mac OS and Windows 10 don't have a problem scaling everything up to 1.5 or 1.75 and retaining sharpness.

arvinsim 5y ago
I don’t know what version of PopOs you are using. But mine with the 20.10 version supports fractional scaling on my desktop. Are you talking about their laptops?
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  Are you using wayland?
rtpg 5y ago
you can activate fractional scaling with gnome-tweaks and get 150%. Not super sure why that's not available by default (perhaps it ends up doing some lossy transforms on desktop resources and the like)
- gizdan 5y ago
  Last I checked it wasn't available because it was experimental. I assume at some point they will add the necessary toggles in the UI without using tweaks.
  - arvinsim 5y ago
    It has been available last year https://twitter.com/system76/status/1313573512792215558 https://twitter.com/system76/status/1313573512792215558
gizdan 5y ago
System76 has added some improvements to the GNOME's HiDPI implementation. I'm not entirely sure what the improvements are but for example they've got a HiDPI daemon. Anyway, last I used fractional scaling (this is GNOME built-in), I ended up giving up because it just refused to work properly. I have a ultra wide 4k screen, plus my laptop screen. I really wanted to have my laptop screen at 4k when plugged in with 2x scaling, and the ultra wide 4k with 1x scaling, but it caused more trouble than it was worth. So I eventually gave up. Fractional scaling was an experimental feature when I used it, around 12 months ago, so it could have improved.
- jhanschoo 5y ago
  I'm presently using the latest Ubuntu LTS with fractional scaling with 2x on my primary and 1x and rotated on my secondary monitor.
duped 5y ago
I daily drive a 4k monitor with pop and have no problems. I do disable fractional scaling for the few programs that seem to have an issue with it (otherwise 125% would be my default). I'm typically at 100% though. Steam and a handful of games have been the only issues. Otherwise it looks better than windows.
- coopsmoss 5y ago
  How do you disable it on a per program basis?
  - duped 5y ago
    I turn it off when I need to use them

arvinsim 5y ago

I don’t know what version of PopOs you are using. But mine with the 20.10 version supports fractional scaling on my desktop. Are you talking about their laptops?

stjohnswarts 5y ago
Are you using wayland?

rtpg 5y ago

you can activate fractional scaling with gnome-tweaks and get 150%. Not super sure why that's not available by default (perhaps it ends up doing some lossy transforms on desktop resources and the like)

gizdan 5y ago
Last I checked it wasn't available because it was experimental. I assume at some point they will add the necessary toggles in the UI without using tweaks.
- arvinsim 5y ago
  It has been available last year https://twitter.com/system76/status/1313573512792215558 https://twitter.com/system76/status/1313573512792215558

gizdan 5y ago

System76 has added some improvements to the GNOME's HiDPI implementation. I'm not entirely sure what the improvements are but for example they've got a HiDPI daemon. Anyway, last I used fractional scaling (this is GNOME built-in), I ended up giving up because it just refused to work properly. I have a ultra wide 4k screen, plus my laptop screen. I really wanted to have my laptop screen at 4k when plugged in with 2x scaling, and the ultra wide 4k with 1x scaling, but it caused more trouble than it was worth. So I eventually gave up. Fractional scaling was an experimental feature when I used it, around 12 months ago, so it could have improved.

jhanschoo 5y ago
I'm presently using the latest Ubuntu LTS with fractional scaling with 2x on my primary and 1x and rotated on my secondary monitor.

duped 5y ago

I daily drive a 4k monitor with pop and have no problems. I do disable fractional scaling for the few programs that seem to have an issue with it (otherwise 125% would be my default). I'm typically at 100% though. Steam and a handful of games have been the only issues. Otherwise it looks better than windows.

coopsmoss 5y ago
How do you disable it on a per program basis?
- duped 5y ago
  I turn it off when I need to use them