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does ubuntu really handle HiDPI? i have a 4K screen at home and it is a disaster.

• dman 12y ago
  1. Chrome is the most visible app that breaks. 2. Sublime Text works okay if youre running Gnome since it uses the gtk text scaling factor. But if you use something like dwm it will not work correctly. 3. Gtk apps as such work well. 4. XFCE is the window manager that works best because it has a simple no nonsense knob to set the dpi exposed via the control panel. 5. Oddly enough dwm works fantastically well since I can control all the font sizes manually via things like .emacs / .Xresources
• nickysielicki 12y ago
  Depends on what desktop environment / window manager you use. `echo "Xft.dpi: XXX" >> ~/.Xdefaults` typically takes care of everything.
• PopsiclePete 12y ago
  Ubuntu itself may handle it, but lots of applications look terrible. Chrome is one of them, last time I checked. Firefox had certain scaling issues as well. Sadly, Apple is still the only game in town when it comes to automatic and correct resolution scaling.
  • spot 12y ago
    well the kernel has no trouble :) i would consider the file explorer nautilus to be part of ubuntu and it's broken too.