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Exploring DPI Scaling Challenges in X11 Technology

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11mo ago· 5 min readenOpinion

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The article explores the challenges of DPI scaling in X11 technology and the author's attempt to overcome them by drawing a two-inch circle on the screen.

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There’s nothing you can do to make it work.

I’m just going to draw a two inch circle on the screen.

Perhaps not the most exciting task, but I figure it’s isomorphic to any other scaling challenge.

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People keep telling me that X11 doesn’t support DPI scaling, or fractional scaling, or multiple monitors, or something. There’s nothing you can do to make it work. I find this surprising. Why doesn’t it work? I figure the best way to find out is try the i

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