Re:Newest MacBook Pro is the first MacBook not recommended b...
by gurkendoktor on Sunday December 25, 2016 @05:56AM
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Linux desktops do the hard part out of the box: scaling everything by an integer factor. But then there is no built-in way to downscale the result to a usable size, which should be relatively easy?
For example, if you need more space on a 5K iMac than the default 1440p@2x, you can have macOS render everything at 1800p@2x off-screen, then downscale it to fill the screen.
The UI looks like this: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202471
I think it can be done with xrandr, but IMHO it should be a built-in option in GTK-based desktops too.
Re:Newest MacBook Pro is the first MacBook not recommended b...
by JoshTriplett on Sunday December 25, 2016 @01:21PM
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Ah, I see.
I don't think that would work well with Linux expectations for rendering, such as crisp edges for fonts; if you like Apple-style rendering of fonts and other UI elements, it may work better.
I'd rather see everything rendered for the display resolution I have, and just scaled at a non-integer factor.
1440p represents the one case that integer scaling doesn't quite handle right, because you don't typically want it to scale 2x (showing the same amount of information as a 720p screen), you want it to scale roughly 1.33x (showing the same amount of information as a 1080p screen). So, on a 1440p screen, I disable the automatic high-DPI scaling (which does make the display readable, it just shows less information than I'd like), and use other mechanisms to scale by 1.3x.