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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by jg1i to c/[email protected]
 

In 2024, with GNOME 45, Wayland, and 1.25 fractional scaling, regular DPI displays still look better than HiDPI displays. This is a photo of Discord on two laptops side by side.

The blurry one is the HiDPI display from Framework 13. The sharp one is a regular DPI display from Dell XPS 13. Both laptops.

The difference is even more stark in person.

Even the screenshots from the Framework are blurrier than the screen shots from the Dell.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's also posaible to open Discord with Wayland directly by editing the exec command in the .desktop file. Can't remember what it was ofd the top of my head, but it's the same for all electron apps.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Add --ozone-platform-hint=auto to the command, I've done it so may times for electron stuff it's engrained into my head now haha. You can check that it works with xlsclients.

Also QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland for QT based apps is handy to know too if they're not behaving.

[–] alldreadme 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It works but as soon as I close it to the tray, it'll crash