[abcdabcd987]

I'm using 27-inch 4K monitors with Gnome. I found it more practical to use no scaling but 1.25x text size (settings in gnome-tweaks). The problem for me with 2x scaling or fractional scaling is that it scales UI (icons, margins) as well. As someone who appreciates functionality (i.e., displaying text) over overdesigned white spacing, scaling the whole UI is just wasting my workspace size whereas scaling text-only is a perfect balance between good-looking text and workspace size.

But anyway, good to see that Linux desktop is gaining fractional scaling support!

[Ruq]

There is a way to toggle experimental fractional scaling in GNOME.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/HiDPI -> 1.1.1 Fractional Scaling

[int_19h]

It's done by upscaling and downscaling by integer amounts, so it's not quite the same as true fractional scaling.

[markeibes]

What does overdesigned mean? I suppose you mean relying on scientifically proven design practices such as improving readability through use of whitespace and font sizes.

Do you have an example of this being overdone?