Ironically this is how Xorg fractional scaling already works. So it's
definitely possible but we have no GUI to configure it.
You can in theory configure it yourself using something like:
xrandr --output OUTPUT --scale ...
** Tags added: xrandr-scaling
** Package changed: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) => mutter (Ubuntu)
** Changed in: mutter (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
** Changed in: mutter (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Triaged
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1724037
Title:
Allow GNOME fractional scaling below 100%
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Status in mutter package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
It should be possible to scale down the whole shell to less than 100%
e.g. 90% 85% etc.
thanks
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.26.1-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Oct 16 20:14:43 2017
DisplayManager: gdm3
GsettingsChanges:
b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' b"['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop',
'firefox.desktop']"
b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-16 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Beta amd64 (20171012)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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