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submitted 9 months ago by jg1i@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

My lower res, lower DPI display from my old Dell laptop looks much more sharp and crisp than the fancy pants Framework 13 high res display.

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[-] jg1i@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

The known issue with HiDPI displays, like the one Framework chose, is that apps are blurry. Other laptops, like Thinkpad or XPS, offer low DPI displays which avoid this issue altogether. The irony is that a HiDPI display is supposed to look better than a low DPI display, but the scaling issues actually make it look worse.

In addition, the experimental flags required to "fix" the scaling issues with apps can also break these apps.

Discord window decorations missing: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/o24560/spotify_and_discord_missing_window/

1Password not launching: https://1password.community/discussion/141663/i-cant-start-wayland-native-version-of-1password

Spotify window decorations wrong: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/16xhm21/spotify_window_decorations_on_wayland/

In summary, HiDPI displays have a long history of making your display look worse and limiting the apps you can use. Thinkpad or XPS with low DPI don't require you to only use Ubuntu or Fedora or only KDE. Linux support on the Framework is held back by the poor choice of display.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk. 🙏

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 24 points 9 months ago

Lol, bro, you're literally describing the OS failing to handle scaling properly, not an issue with the screen.

[-] thatgirlwasfire@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

I’ve been using Fedora KDE on my framework 16 and haven't really had any issues. Under Wayland, the default behavior is to scale x11 apps, which can result in a bit of blur. Telling x11 apps to scale themselves gets rid of the blur, but also doesn’t seem to scale them.

[-] mellejwz@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

So what's the known issue?

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

Dude are you OK?

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