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I've tried to switch to Linux multiple times. Something is always broken. Primary example is hidpi support. My laptop has a 1440p screen and I use a 1080p exte
by weystrom 5y ago
I've tried to switch to Linux multiple times. Something is always broken.
Primary example is hidpi support. My laptop has a 1440p screen and I use a 1080p external one. And then sometimes I disconnect it and go into a meeting room or something to work without an external display.
I set 200% scaling for laptop screen when I'm at the desk and 150% when I'm out and about.
Simple usecase, but I've never managed to make it work properly and consistently. It's been like that for the last 3 years. I just keep coming back to Windows where it works perfectly.
Wayland keeps getting better, but some important apps don't support it yet. For example there IS a build of VSCode that works on Wayland, but it freezes up if you move the window between displays with scaling on.
And then there is KDE wayland session, that still loves to crash if you pull out the second screen DP cable "wrong".
Linux is not there yet, and honestly, I'm not sure if it will ever be. It might me destined to forever play catch-up with the "big-tech" OSes.
On top of that, how do you even beat the level of vertical integration that Apple has with M1 chips and MacOS?
- Dah00n 5y agoThis would be more relevant if HN wasn't getting posts about the same problem with Apple laptops over and over again. In my opinion it is broken in Linux but works better than on Macs.