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Re:M1 dev setup with a virtual Linux box by eknkc on Sunday April 11, 2021 @10:27AM (#26770568)
Yeah I tried this but I used 1x ui scaling + 1.5x font scaling. It works but then all the buttons and stuff are tiny.

Maybe I should try 2x gui scaling and 0.75 font size? Never occured to me that I could go below 1 on the scales, it might work.

edit: 2x on wayland is still blurry. 1x + 2x font works but as I said, tiny buttons and stuff.

Still, my point is; why the fuck am I dealing with this?

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Re:M1 dev setup with a virtual Linux box by whatever1 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @04:36PM (#26773173)
Because it’s free and nobody is willing to put the effort (and pay the cost) to make a pleasing UX for desktop users.

In mobile where there is market, Google did it.

I stopped trying a couple of years ago (after I got a 4K monitor) to convince myself that desktop Linux is workable.

Linux for desktop = console

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