RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops

Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by dguaraglia on Friday August 12, 2016 @12:21PM (#12276832)

The issue that made me give up the XPS 13 for personal use was that Linux still doesn't support having a secondary monitor at a lower pixel density. I tried about 5 different distros, they all looked terrible, so I had to return the XPS and get a MacBook that I knew would work just fine. Other than that the laptop was beautiful.

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by lima on Friday August 12, 2016 @01:50PM (#12277451)

I simply scale the external display using xrandr --scale 2x2 (or similar, you can specify fractions).

Works way better than expected and I use it ten hours a day. At some point, Wayland solves this natively, but in the meantime this is an acceptable workaround.

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by nitrogen on Sunday August 14, 2016 @05:00AM (#12284879)

It's crazy there is no obvious UI for this. xrandr can do so much more than the typical monitor settings panel.

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by readams on Friday August 12, 2016 @01:25PM (#12277292)

They say you have to wait for Wayland for this to work correctly.

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by dguaraglia on Sunday August 14, 2016 @03:01PM (#12286817)

Yep, that's why I decided to return the laptop and wait until Wayland is the default on Fedora to try again. I love Linux, used it for years as my main OS, but it's hard to beat the convenience of OS X when it comes to productivity. I don't miss all the time spent trying to get music to play without audible clicks caused by faulty drivers, setting up my computer so it'd remember where my desk monitor is in relation to the laptop monitor, getting wi-fi drivers to stop dropping packets, etc.

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