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jelouse 4x Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Aug 2014, at 18:22, bad apple <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So, I just switched up recently: I have a Dell 32" 4k IPS panel at home > for my workstations (via my creaky old KVM) and my new work laptop, a > Dell Precision M3800 with an immense touchscreen just showed up after > months of waiting. I think they probably had to order it directly from > China, it took that long. > > How am I finding it? > > I will never, ever buy anything in the crappy realms of 1080p again. A > good friend recently gave me my first ever PS3 so I could play an anime > inspired game, and I nearly puked when I first booted it and gazed upon > it's craptastic 720p output. I lasted 5 minutes and it's been shut off > ever since. > > How is Linux handling it? > > Just fine! Surprisingly. It's not perfect, to be fair: I've spent quite > a lot of time tweaking and tuning and yeah, there are still some issues > with gnome shell applying different levels of scaling to fonts and the > other GUI elements. I've spent literally hours manually adjusting > infinality to get my font rendering just so, but it was worth it. > > After some considerable effort, Linux is now playing and winning versus > Win8.1 (considerable issues with 4k scaling, even with custom drivers) > and even Mac OSX (MacBook Pros now look lame next to the 8 core 4th gen > i7/16Gb RAM/mSATA 256Gb linux fueled beast). > > The damage: > > ghost@panzerkunst:~ xrandr | head -n 3 > Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3200 x 1800, maximum 16384 x 16384 > eDPI connected 3200x1800+0+0 346mm x 194mm > 3200x1800 60.0*+ > > I am never, EVER going back. I've been wearing glasses since I was > little, and my eyes have never been happier with me. Just look at that > maximum: 16384x16384. When they make a display that can actually do that > insane resolution, I will be first in the queue to buy one. > > 4k TVs? Waste of time. Jaw dropping prices, no content. For an actual > computer? No brainer. I am literally throwing out 1080 displays left > right and centre now. I thought the missus' retina MacBook was overkill > initially, but I was so, so wrong. As soon as she'll let me, I'm getting > another 2 Dell panels for a 3 way 4k main system. So many millions of > lovely pixels :] > > 4k was a big stepping stone for me: I'm surprisingly conservative when > it comes to new tech, usually preferring old, boring tried and tested > stuff, often bought cheap a generation or two behind as a bargain. For > once I took the jump and got ahead of the curve and I can't believe how > well it turned out. I read a lot of horror stories about crappy Linux > HighDPI support before I decided to ignore them all and do it anyway, > and very surprisingly, it paid off big time. > > So do yourselves a favour and start saving up pennies. 4k is here, and > it is AWESOME. > > Regards > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq