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		eknkc on April 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: M1 dev setup with a virtual Linux box 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?

whatever1 on April 11, 2021 [–]

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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