The Status of Fractional Scaling (HiDPI) Between Windows & Linux | Linux Today

The Status of Fractional Scaling (HiDPI) Between Windows & Linux

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M.Hanny Sabbagh
Jul 21, 2019

Windows operating system has been supporting such kind of displays natively for a very long time, but Linux distributions do lack a lot of things in this field. There are many drawbacks, issues and other things to consider. This article will take you in a tour about that.

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M.Hanny Sabbagh

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