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HDR

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immediately thought of that too

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Its current work in progress from different companies and groups working together (Gnome, Kde, RedHat, Valve, etc)

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2 points

Why does everyone like it so much?

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15 points

I’d tell you… if I had it!

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I think it’s one of those things like freesync, high DPI and high refresh rates that you really have to see for yourself.

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High-DPI I just don’t understand. I tried. Yeah, it’s pretty, but that’s all it is for me. More content on screen > sharper text for me, thank you.

Higher refresh rates and VRR are pretty neat though. Just at 75Hz I already feel the difference pretty clearly when I go back to my 60Hz laptop.

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Is that why games always look better on Linux than on Windows?

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6 points

Would be great for the tv screen with 4k and hdr that I have around for example.

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It’s pretty great for media consumption and gaming, with the right hardware. Otherwise it kind of blows.

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5 points

what’s HDR?

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10 points

High Dynamic Range. Compatible software, computer and monitor can display a greater range of brightnesses.

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That’s Display Server level, DE is 2 levels higher. HDR in a DE sounds like a pain. You know, that flashing problem with the phone in the night?

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Flashing problem?

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1 point

Too bright in the dark.

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4 points

GNOME desktop icons that aren’t an extension that isn’t as good as something native.

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1 point

Couldn’t you just use the overview?

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2 points

Custom per-folder themes in Nemo with drag/drop templating like os/2 had. Extend to all apps, actually.

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That would be really cool!

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42 points

A consistent system settings app that actually handles all configs without requireing manual editing of config files.

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Which DE? With KDE I don’t think I’ve ever had to edit a config file. I do recall that being an issue with Gnome; it’s been years since I’ve used it though.

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XFCE is really bad with this. KDE is much better, but still when setting up something a bit more complicated, you are quickly back to reading man pages. And man pages really aren’t great.

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On KDE, if you want NumLock to start on at the login screen, you need to edit a file.

Also, to remap mouse side buttons, you need to either mess with a config file or install something like Input Remapper.

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Neither of these things are true, if you’re using Wayland for both sddm and the session

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Not a DE user, but I would like Cosmic to be stable.

(Plus, mouse-keys.)

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Have you played with keynav? https://github.com/jordansissel/keynav

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Thanks. I use Warpd.

I meant I would’ve like that option in a DE like Cosmic.

Gnome has this option already, or at least had it.

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Cool. I honestly was hoping that someone would chime in with something better.

I used to have a fluent work flow with xmonad and keynav. I kinda stopped using computers seriously about a decade ago. Trying to recover some of my work speed lately, but I can’t seem to get back into keynav.

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