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    My lower res, lower DPI display from my old Dell laptop looks much more sharp and crisp than the fancy pants Framework 13 high res display.

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    [–] [email protected] 130 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (25 children)

    Let me guess... You're running an X.Org based WM/DE?

    X11 Doesn't support fractional scaling properly . So some DEs will simulate it by scaling the apps the same way you scale a rasterized image like a PNG or JPEG, and as a result everything looks blurry. You'll generally also have the same issue with XWayland apps on a Wayland display.

    The best way to combat this? Try to use Wayland native apps as much as possible.

    2nd best? Use non fractional values for scaling (x1 or x2 instead of x1.25)

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    You can also adjust the x dpi with .xresources, but switching to wayland is the better solution

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Doesn't Gnome ignore dpi in .Xresources in favor of its own hardcoded dpi?

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    Probably, since GNOME is a poorly written piece of shit

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