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wolvoleo • yesterday at 11:24 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

It's probably called scaling because that's what other OSes do.

For example macOS just renders at 200% and then scales down to the desired level.

Linux is indeed way better at this.

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tonyedgecombe • today at 10:52 AM

macOS is better when you have a 216 dpi monitor. Every application works perfectly which you can't say about Linux.

stephenr • today at 12:57 AM

macOS only does the downscaling step if you aren't using an exact 2x UI scale.

If it's exact 2x it just renders the UI using double pixels (2x2 per simulated pixel) and then sends that over the wire.