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Torben Gundtofte-Bruun
Asked: 2012-06-13 00:14:50 +0800 CST

How would Ubuntu work on an Apple retina display?

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Apple has announced a laptop with "retina display" = 2880x1800 pixels resolution on 15 inches.
If one were to load Ubuntu on such a machine, it would probably be unreadably micro-texted as long as Ubuntu treats one pixel as one pixel.

Would it be possible to adjust Ubuntu to use such a display in a meaningful way? Difficult? Easy?

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2 Answers

  1. It will work if you adjust the DPI settings for the fonts. You have several options:

    1. Using gnome-tweak-tool: Advanced settings > Fonts > Text scaling factor
    2. Using dconf-editor: org > gnome > desktop > interface > text-scaling-factor
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  2. Sample of resolution change through command line

    /usr/bin/xrandr --output eDP1 --mode 1920x1200

    Simply run

    xrandr

    to list all available resolution

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