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  • It has everything to do with the hardware. This specific piece of hardware is not as compatible as a regular DPI display.

    These problems only exist because of this poor hardware choice on Framework's part.

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

    Na, using Wayland with Gnome 45. 1.25x scale actually looks less blurry than 2x. (Putting aside that 2x is ridiculously large.)

    The best way to combat this?

    Is to buy a laptop with a regular DPI display and avoid this class of bugs altogether. This way I can keep using Discord and 1Password.

  • Either set the scaling to 1 or 2 if you want it to look sharp

    I just switched the scale to 2x on the Framework and it also looks blurry. Actually, I wanna say the Framework display at 2x is worse than at 1.25x... I can see more of the fuzz around the fonts now. Framework at 2x on the left, Dell XPS 13 with the font size increased on the right.

    It’s better to increase font and icon sizes if they are too small.

    I haven't tried this, but seems logical.

    Coming from a Dell XPS 13 where everything Just Works ™ , I'm bummed Framework's choice for display isn't Linux compatible. I might just end up returning the Framework, the blurry fonts are messing with my eyes...

  • I've been using Arch in 1 desktop and 1 laptop for like 7 years now as a daily driver. I use pacman and AUR to install stuff. I haven't had a breakage yet. In fact, I've had hardware get better supported over time due to access to the latest kernel updates.

    Most impressively, I had my desktop shutoff for like 8 months one time. When I turned it on and updated the system packages...... Everything just worked and I was immediately up to date.

  • I bought a Framework once. The build quality was better than System76, but not great. However, Framework is not a Linux laptop. They designed it for Windows and only afterwards they were surprised to find that people wanted it for Linux.

    A lot of Linux laptops don't have HiDPI displays because they're not really compatible.

    Example Framework: https://community.frame.work/t/tracking-state-of-hidpi-on-linux/8301

    For years people have been trying to work around Framework's poor display choice. And they're still trying.

    If you have a regular DPI display, you get to avoid a whole class of bugs and issues.

    If you wanna have a good time with Linux, you need some mechanical sympathy.

    Btw, tbh, brb, I've had good success with the Dell XPS 13 and the Lenovo X1 Carbon. System76 build quality was meh.

  • Just yesterday, my manager asked me how often I was coming to office. I said 3 days.

    Then he said (paraphrasing):

    Well, okay. 3 days is the minimum, okay? Now, you know it's up to you whether or not you want to just do the bare minimum. If you feel that the bare minimum is enough, then okay. But some people choose to come in more and we encourage that, okay?

  • I was born in the US and have switched by myself. My brother thought I was weird until one day we went to the hardware store.

    I needed to buy a 15/64 in drill bit, but they didn't have it. So then we thought, fine, maybe we can use the next closest size...

    ...

    Except WTF is the next size up or down from 15/64??!!! Neither of us could figure it out. Internet wasn't great. Sales people didn't know. We left because we weren't sure what to buy.

    In metric, it's trivial. 5mm drill bit, 4mm is smaller, 6mm is bigger.

    After this, he stopped thinking I was a weirdo for using metric measurements. But he still uses imperial because murica.

    Also, interesting, I learned that he thinks imperial units were invented by the US. I told him they were British units and I stopped caring about British units in 1776, but he didn't seem to believe me.

  • Trying to do this mentally:

     
        
    1989 + 1 = 1990
    2023 - 2000 = 23
    2000 - 1990 = 10
    23 + 10 = 33
    
      

    33 - 1 = 32 Ha! Easy!... Wait.

    33 + 1 = 34 Shit. Double+1. Ok, I thought the -1 at the end would undo the +1 at the beginning. But, I guess the 2000-1990 messed me up.

    Maybe

     
        
    2000 - 1990 = 10
    1990 - 1989 = 1
    2023 - 2000 = 23
    23 + 1 = 24
    24 + 10 = 34