Comment by xattt

1 month ago

> … desktop Linux still has rough edges …

My personal pet peeve is the GTK/Qt divide. Theming has an extra step, as you have to pick a matching theme for the other toolkit apps you inevitably end up using.

KDE/Qt has excellent scaling support, but GTK apps (OrcaSlicer for example) end up having blurry text or messed up text labels if you run a non-integer scaling resolution.

The Wayland transition almost seems akin to the IPv6 debacle. Support is there, but it’s half-baked in half the cases. I crave RDP remote access, but this is currently not possible with KRDP as it does not work with Wayland sessions. Wine is just getting there, but only with scary messages that say that it’s an experimental feature.

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faust201  1 month ago

This is only for people that know choices.

We at out Uni provide default Ubuntu installs on laptops. Most people just live with whatever UI.

I have a feeling that many have stopped configuring, themeing etc. those only from 80s to 2000 were just spending lots of time building and creating many themes like matrix etc.

Also people are so addicted to smartphone. That is the main place for their heart.

throw-qqqqq  1 month ago

>> … desktop Linux still has rough edges …

> My personal pet peeve is the GTK/Qt divide. Theming has an extra step, as you have to pick a matching theme for the other toolkit apps you inevitably end up using.

Is this perhaps an issue of fractional scaling? I’ve run Openbox/Blackbox on Linux for ~15 years and never had these issues. Not 100% sure I understand the issue at least.

Things look mostly fine (to me) and even if they don’t, the apps still work as they should (no blur). AFAIK Openbox/X11 just uses the DPI the monitor reports and things scale as they should.

Sounds like an issue with Gnome/KDE to me, not with Linux?

I may be wrong, I’m not seeking a super polished look or want to tweak my UIs a lot.

  • xattt  1 month ago

    Yes, this is a KDE/GTK issue, but this is also a real-world case.

    Linux Greybeards, a hypothetical man with astute technical and sexual prowess, might not be bothered by follies such as proper text rendering, but it is an issue if desktop environments have any chance to compete with mainstream operating systems.

    • throw-qqqqq  1 month ago

      > Yes, this is a KDE/GTK issue, but this is also a real-world case

      I believe you when you say it.

      > Linux Greybeards, a hypothetical man with astute technical and sexual prowess

      No need to be snarky. I was speaking from my own Linux experience (just like you did?), not trying to impress anyone.

      Text renders fine in Openbox, hence the question about the issue being with Linux or GTK/KDE. I’ve honestly never heard of these issues or experienced them myself. Perhaps because Openbox is simpler (no fractional scaling AFAIK) so I’ve likely been “shielded” from such issues (never heard about theming or issues like this tbh).