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Why doesn't Debian 11 have fractional scaling?

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Why doesn't Debian 11 have fractional scaling?

#1 Post by kcbagr »

Just installed Debian 11 with gnome and under settings > Displays it only offers 100% or 200%. Computer is unusable without fractional scaling. Do I have to go to Ubuntu or is there some way to "install" fractional scaling or something?

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Re: Why doesn't Debian 11 have fractional scaling?

#2 Post by sunrat »

Gnome is the problem, maybe buntu has a later version of Gnome where they finally have improved it. I was shocked to see in a recent install it only has 100% or 200%.
KDE Plasma 5 in Debian has fractional scaling in 6.25% steps (and is much better than Gnome IMO). I recommend you to use KDE!
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Re: Why doesn't Debian 11 have fractional scaling?

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