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>>>> I'm getting strange results from xdpyinfo. I always get 96x96 DPI and |
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>>>> the screen size changes along with the resolution. When I run 'xrandr |
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>>>> --dpi 200x200' and check xdpyinfo, it reports correctly. But if I log |
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>>>> out and back in to xfce4 without doing anything else, it gives me |
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>>>> 96x96 again. |
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>>> XFCE is probably forcing 96DPI by default. This is usually done by |
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>>> desktop |
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>>> environments that don't support DPI scaling very well. I just found this |
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>>> (sort of flame-war-ish) thread: |
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>>> https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=7734 |
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>>> and indeed XFCE doesn't seem to have very good support for this. Maybe |
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>>> you |
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>>> can find some of the settings listed there useful though. |
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>>> Other than that, if you want working DPI scaling, you'll have much better |
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>>> luck with KDE 5 / Plasma. |
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>> Won't I freak out if I'm an xfce4 guy and I try to switch to KDE? Is |
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>> there a better choice for HiDPI migration for people who like xfce4? |
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> You could try LXQt, which is the upcoming replacement for LXDE. It's |
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> Qt-based, so DPI scaling *should* work well (no guarantees, didn't try it |
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> myself yet.) And its desktop philosophy is more similar to XFCE, meaning |
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> minimalist, non-bloated UIs. |
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> Anyway, if I were you, I'd just try all of them using live-CDs/USBs from |
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> various distros, and see what works best. LXDE, LXQt, Gnome, KDE, Budgie, |
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> those seem to be the main ones right now. |
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Great tips, thank you Nikos. |
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- Grant |
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