Jungle@linux.community to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoHappy new year of the Linux Desktop!message-squaremessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down19
arrow-up1399arrow-down1message-squareHappy new year of the Linux Desktop!Jungle@linux.community to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square67linkfedilink
minus-squareAmju Wolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 years agoAs someone using Wayland on a HiDPI screen it’s not a great experience with legacy apps. You can’t completely rely on application-controlled scaling since not all apps support it and if you switch to system-wide scaling everything looks like crap.
minus-squareBogasse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoBut isn’t that still on par with xorg where you can’t have any fractional scaling?
minus-squareAmju Wolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoTo be fair I haven’t tried. But I believe even at 2x scaling it looked like shit.
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoInteger scaling works perfectly, even with legacy apps. Fractional scaling works great with native apps.
minus-squareexu@feditown.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years ago*every application using xWayland looks like crap. Native Wayland apps work great with fractional scaling.
As someone using Wayland on a HiDPI screen it’s not a great experience with legacy apps. You can’t completely rely on application-controlled scaling since not all apps support it and if you switch to system-wide scaling everything looks like crap.
But isn’t that still on par with xorg where you can’t have any fractional scaling?
To be fair I haven’t tried. But I believe even at 2x scaling it looked like shit.
Integer scaling works perfectly, even with legacy apps. Fractional scaling works great with native apps.
*every application using xWayland looks like crap.
Native Wayland apps work great with fractional scaling.