The Linux graphics stack in a nutshell, part 2

Re:The Linux graphics stack in a nutshell, part 2 by resonious on Friday December 29, 2023 @12:57AM (#38802151)

It's crazy reading the back and forth in these comments. It seems each side (pro-X11, pro-Wayland) always gets something wrong about the other. Makes it hard as an outsider to figure out what's true.

FWIW as a regular user of Linux desktops, fractional dpi scaling is very good on Wayland and sucks on X11. That's been the main thing driving me to want to use Wayland.

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Re:The Linux graphics stack in a nutshell, part 2 by PhilipRoman on Friday December 29, 2023 @04:22AM (#38803112)

I'm a total noob when it comes to graphical Linux environments, but isn't the issue with scaling caused by the applications themselves? Like GNOME only accepting integer scales, etc.

Setting X11 DPI worked just fine for me to achieve exactly the scale I want.

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Re:The Linux graphics stack in a nutshell, part 2 by funcDropShadow on Saturday December 30, 2023 @01:54PM (#38817768)

And it allows applications to display a PDF with an A4 page at 100% to have exactly the size of an A4 paper.

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