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    Phoronix: Integer Scaling To Come With Linux 5.11 For Intel Graphics Driver

    Going back more than a year there have been Intel "i915" kernel graphics driver patches implementing integer mode scaling support while finally for Linux 5.11 in early 2021 the support will have landed...

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    Almost good news. Linux knows that its X-display is outdated. So the only replacement now seems to be Wayland, which is still limited & buggy. In the meantime, both Gnome & KDE are trying to help Wayland become more usable.

    > "The capability works with Gen11 / Ice Lake and newer."
    This news item is about the late model Intel Graphic Driver. Very few screen based computers have this hardware. When the hardware arrives, not many will have it. Most users have old hardware, or any of the more common hardware choices, including AMD, Nvidia, etc.
    When the first software finally arrives, it will be very limited & buggy. It may take some effort and time to be easily usable. On screen based computing, both Microsoft & Apple will continue to dominate.
    The good news is that this coding effort is starting.
    Last edited by gregzeng; 24 October 2020, 12:04 AM.

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