alt Hacker NewsThe reason I love my old cheap 1080p monitors so much is because they need less organizational overhead compared to a large 4k monitor where you constantly have to fix UI scaling bugs and zoom in/out, force different fonts for shitty web pages etc.
I am never gonna sway away from i3 [1], a notification free tiled window desktop system is just way too convenient. When I have to bootup a Windows VM for work (I am a malware analyst most of the time) I am losing my mind with all the notifications and blocking popup windows all the time. I have no idea why people are tolerating this as their work setup. It is hostile design to its users.
I use my computer to work. I don't want a computer that works me all the time.
[1] for desktop/GUI apps I use a mixture of GNOME forks and LXDE apps. Everything that makes popups when running in the background is avoided.*
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“compared to a large 4k monitor where you constantly have to fix UI scaling bugs and zoom in/out, force different fonts for shitty web pages etc.”
counterpoint: this doesn’t appear the case with Apple, as they have defaulted their OS entirely to retina-level density now, removed subpixel rendering, and anything non-5K may look off (and you need to go through hoops to make it look well).
As such, I’m typing this in a MacBook with 3x5K displays connected.
And I love my multi monitor setup, because each monitor has its own set of app, and I can remove window switching by a lot.
I put my browser on 2k monitor so no need to fight with resolution and other things
but IDE is always on 4k monitor, no scaling, slightly larger font size, so I can see more code. And all the log, and note app are on 3rd 1080p monitor.
And Wayland gnome was pretty solid for me, until recently gnome-shell eating over 2/3gb on long run. Switched to niri for the time being, which is working pretty solid.