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Re:System76 Developing “Cosmic” Desktop Environment by rubyist5eva on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:39PM (#26798945)
at 14" is the difference even distinguishable? I can barely tell the difference between 1080p and retina on screens that small
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Re:System76 Developing “Cosmic” Desktop Environment by bmurphy1976 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:48PM (#26799062)
It's complicated. For me it's about how smooth the text is and how consistent the experience is. 4k with 2x (integer scaling) is a pleasant balance of crisp rendering and appropriate text size.

The lower resolutions would require non-integer scaling and so far my experience doing that in Linux environments has been very poor. I don't expect this to be a smooth experience any time in the near future. I'd love to be proven wrong though.

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Re:System76 Developing “Cosmic” Desktop Environment by powersnail on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @08:11PM (#26801370)
The difference is huge for me, especially for reading texts. The rending quality is night and day.
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Re:System76 Developing “Cosmic” Desktop Environment by dTal on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @05:57AM (#26804938)
Between 1080 and WQHD, sure. But between WQHD and 4k?
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Re:System76 Developing “Cosmic” Desktop Environment by powersnail on Thursday April 15, 2021 @04:40PM (#26825857)
Yes, I can definitely tell. I have owned both WQHD and 4K laptops. At least for text, I can tell the difference at first sight, and I’m more comfortable with 4K.
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Re:System76 Developing “Cosmic” Desktop Environment by akvadrako on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @06:13AM (#26805039)
Both are fine from a DPI standpoint, but some people prefer the size of 4k@2x to WQHD at 1x or 2x.
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