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> there really isn’t a good excuse to stay with Microsoft Except, if you run nvidia optimus laptop and have mixed display DPI. Every few months I try to run A

> there really isn’t a good excuse to stay with Microsoft Except, if you run nvidia optimus laptop and have mixed display DPI. Every few months I try to run Arch on my recent laptop and it’s always a nightmare. I was hyped that 470 driver would fix wayland in nvidia (the only half decent way to fix mixed DPIs on Linux). Lo and behold, It’s still a buggy mess that made me crawl back to windows. Maybe on 570 I will be able to use Linux on this laptop, likely never.

ahefner 5y ago
So don't do that, then.
- zamadatix 5y ago
  "There's no reason to go to McDonald's instead of Applebee's" "Except if you want to use the drive through" "So don't do that then" Avoiding it personally doesn't alleviate that there is still a reason.
Zambyte 5y ago
> mixed display DPI. I believe Wayland may be better than X with this, but my displays have the same DPI so I haven't tested myself. My displays do have different refresh rates and Wayland handles that better in my experience. NVIDIA has been slow on the Wayland front though, but I think they may have made decent progress with recent driver releases.
adrian_b 5y ago
In recent years I have used only laptops with non-Optimus NVIDIA, and on these I had no problems in Linux with multiple monitors with different resolutions, even if I do not use Wayland. The NVIDIA settings program allows you to configure the monitors at any resolutions and in any geometric arrangement. Some 6-7 years ago, I had a laptop with Optimus NVIDIA and I lost a couple of days until making it work. After that I had no problems, but the external monitor had the same resolution with the laptop display, so I have never tried mixed DPI with Optimus. In any case, after that I have avoided Optimus and there are enough alternatives.

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> there really isn’t a good excuse to stay with Microsoft Except, if you run nvidia optimus laptop and have mixed display DPI. Every few months I try to run A

by naosouumapessoa 5y ago

ahefner 5y ago
So don't do that, then.
- zamadatix 5y ago
  "There's no reason to go to McDonald's instead of Applebee's" "Except if you want to use the drive through" "So don't do that then" Avoiding it personally doesn't alleviate that there is still a reason.
Zambyte 5y ago
> mixed display DPI. I believe Wayland may be better than X with this, but my displays have the same DPI so I haven't tested myself. My displays do have different refresh rates and Wayland handles that better in my experience. NVIDIA has been slow on the Wayland front though, but I think they may have made decent progress with recent driver releases.
adrian_b 5y ago
In recent years I have used only laptops with non-Optimus NVIDIA, and on these I had no problems in Linux with multiple monitors with different resolutions, even if I do not use Wayland. The NVIDIA settings program allows you to configure the monitors at any resolutions and in any geometric arrangement. Some 6-7 years ago, I had a laptop with Optimus NVIDIA and I lost a couple of days until making it work. After that I had no problems, but the external monitor had the same resolution with the laptop display, so I have never tried mixed DPI with Optimus. In any case, after that I have avoided Optimus and there are enough alternatives.