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Pango Dropping Support For Bitmap Fonts Is Frustrating Some Linux Desktop Users
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Originally posted by DoMiNeLa10 View PostThe idea of using a HiDPI display is just insane considering that the only operating system that handles it well enough for use is MacOS.
Gnome on Fedora has worked extremely well with HiDPI for quite a while. I've also dual booted with Windows and it's worked quite well too. The Lenovo T580 work laptop I use now is running Windows 10 with a 4K display. It's very pretty and works perfectly.
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It was yours truly who notified Michael about the regression/removed feature but this time around he chose not to mention me. It's a bit sad however at least the issue has attracted quite a lot of attention after this news. Also after I left a slightly caustic and angry remark, Fedora developers at least decided to convert bitmap fonts to the format which is understood by the new Pango and some even proposed to downgrade Pango to the previous sane release.
Anyways, it's a major cock-up which again shows how little open source developers care about their users and the success of Linux on the desktop.
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Originally posted by Zan Lynx View Post
I must have been imagining using 4K laptop screens with Fedora since the Dell m3800 which came out in, let's see ... 2014. Or the XPS 15 9560 I replaced it with, also a 4K screen. You'd think if it was unusable I'd have stopped buying those.
Gnome on Fedora has worked extremely well with HiDPI for quite a while. I've also dual booted with Windows and it's worked quite well too. The Lenovo T580 work laptop I use now is running Windows 10 with a 4K display. It's very pretty and works perfectly.
As for Windows 10, I'd say using ANY scaling causes everything to induce vomiting. Even Microsoft's system software (like the service manager among other things) scales very poorly, and having bad non-integer scaling of old low-res software just adds to the inconsistent UI of Windows 10.
Oh, and if that laptop display has touch support (or is simply glossy), the experience is just garbage. Once you go matte, there's no going back.
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Originally posted by Zan Lynx View Post
I must have been imagining using 4K laptop screens with Fedora since the Dell m3800 which came out in, let's see ... 2014. Or the XPS 15 9560 I replaced it with, also a 4K screen. You'd think if it was unusable I'd have stopped buying those.
Gnome on Fedora has worked extremely well with HiDPI for quite a while. I've also dual booted with Windows and it's worked quite well too. The Lenovo T580 work laptop I use now is running Windows 10 with a 4K display. It's very pretty and works perfectly.
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Originally posted by torsionbar28 View Post
What's the benefit of 4k on a laptop screen? I'm genuinely curious. Seems like on a screen that size, 1080p would be more than adequate.
At any rate, I don't have to convince anyone else. i like it, and that's enough.
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