There are many tweaks that can help. For instance, I'm currently using gnome 3.10 on a 11.6 inch laptop at 1920x1080, without any major issues. For my setup, I

There are many tweaks that can help. For instance, I'm currently using gnome 3.10 on a 11.6 inch laptop at 1920x1080, without any major issues. For my setup, I've done the following: * Increased the font scaling in gnome-tweak-tool to 1.5 * Made the cursor larger with a setting in gconf (http://askubuntu.com/a/66216 http://askubuntu.com/a/66216) * Adjusted the zoom level in the firefox about:config. Updated layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to 1.6