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Just a word of warning to anyone who may be thinking of installing this release on a MacBook Pro w/retina. I don't believe there is a window manager available t

Just a word of warning to anyone who may be thinking of installing this release on a MacBook Pro w/retina. I don't believe there is a window manager available that will play nicely with high DPI. I do hope that the linux community is planning on better supporting very high resolution displays. 13.04 works absolutely wonderfully, on my 2012 MacBook Air. Everything works perfectly for me on that machine.

mindstab 13y ago
How high resolution? My laptop looks great and works perfectly with Ubuntu @ 1920 x 1080. What doesn't work?
- kunai 13y ago
  2880x1800. On a 15.4" screen, mind you... As if that wasn't enough, the 13.3" version is 2560x1600. Which is completely insane.
- socksy 13y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retina_Display http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retina_Display — we're talking in the order of 2880 x 1800 for a 15" screen and 2560 x 1600 for a 13" screen. Linux window managers react by making everything tiny, which is not ideal. See http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=apple_mbpr_linux http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=apple...
- jjcm 13y ago
  What he's referencing is displays that are meant to display the UI at twice the pixel density. It will run just fine on the macbook pro with the retina display, but it will run at a 1:1 density instead of a 2:1 density (which is what it's designed for). Here's a little image I drew quickly to illustrate: http://i.imgur.com/4gizfp0.png http://i.imgur.com/4gizfp0.png On that screen size, OSX will appear like the top image on a non retina display, and like the middle image on a retina display. Ubuntu will display like the top image on a non retina display, but will appear like the bottom image on the retina display.
- mrinterweb 13y ago
  As others have mentioned, the 2880x1800 resolution is unusable with a 1x1 pixel display. You can change this with "xrandr --output DP-2 --scale .5x.5" and that will cut the resolution in half, but everything is very fuzzy.

mindstab 13y ago

How high resolution? My laptop looks great and works perfectly with Ubuntu @ 1920 x 1080. What doesn't work?

kunai 13y ago
2880x1800. On a 15.4" screen, mind you... As if that wasn't enough, the 13.3" version is 2560x1600. Which is completely insane.
socksy 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retina_Display http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retina_Display — we're talking in the order of 2880 x 1800 for a 15" screen and 2560 x 1600 for a 13" screen. Linux window managers react by making everything tiny, which is not ideal. See http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=apple_mbpr_linux http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=apple...
jjcm 13y ago
What he's referencing is displays that are meant to display the UI at twice the pixel density. It will run just fine on the macbook pro with the retina display, but it will run at a 1:1 density instead of a 2:1 density (which is what it's designed for). Here's a little image I drew quickly to illustrate: http://i.imgur.com/4gizfp0.png http://i.imgur.com/4gizfp0.png On that screen size, OSX will appear like the top image on a non retina display, and like the middle image on a retina display. Ubuntu will display like the top image on a non retina display, but will appear like the bottom image on the retina display.
mrinterweb 13y ago
As others have mentioned, the 2880x1800 resolution is unusable with a 1x1 pixel display. You can change this with "xrandr --output DP-2 --scale .5x.5" and that will cut the resolution in half, but everything is very fuzzy.