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		dreamofkoholint on March 31, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? HiDPI is still a huge problem in the linux desktop I can't count the number of hours I've spent researching and fiddling with it. Wayland is the answer, but it's slow moving, and Sway currently looks terrible when scaling double.

thomastjeffery on April 1, 2017 [–]

The biggest issue with Wayland is video drivers. Try getting Wayland to work with any proprietary blob, and see your efforts fail miserably.

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