Re: Fwd: 2 screenshots of Genuen/GNUinOS

[Gottfried]

Hi Guix,

On Guix Planet I found that:

https://bhoot.dev/2025/guix-improved-font-rendering/

May be that is the solution for my question
for better font rendering



thanks

Gottfried




Am 15.01.26 um 17:15 schrieb gfp:

If so, will that be included in Guix or do I have to do it myself for my Guix?

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Betreff: Re: 2 screenshots of Genuen/GNUinOS
Datum: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:13:56 +0100
Von: Gfp <g...@posteo.de>
An: Noé Lopez <n...@xn--no-cja.eu>

Noé Lopez <noe@noé.eu> writes:

gfp <g...@posteo.at> writes:

Am 15.01.26 um 11:53 schrieb Noé Lopez:

gfp <g...@posteo.at> writes:

Hi Guix,

I installed besides GNU Guix GNUinOS/Genuen
and it is interesting
that in Genuen, also in KDE
there is a razor-sharp image of the desktop and of the applications.
It is not that good/sharp in Guix.
e.g. I took 2 photos of Genuen

Does somebody know why in Guix there is a worse/or less sharp image of
the desktop and of the applications?
Genuen is also a GNU distro, based on Devuan.
Does Devuan have a better ... (I don´t know what to call it)

It can be that on your desktop it doesn´t look as razor-sharp as in

and look at them through Guix.
In my case it is like that. If I look at them through Guix those 2
photos/screenshots are not that good.

thanks

Gottfried

Genuen on my laptop, because most of you have also Guix System installed

Hi Gottfried,

Are you on Wayland or X on both machines? Are you using fractional
scaling?

it is the same laptop
in Genuen I see it on KDE X11,

in Guix KDE X11 does not work on my laptop at the moment,
so I am using KDE Wayland at the moment.
But also if I used KDE X11 earlier it was like this.

If I used MATE or LXQT in Guix it is the same.
If I choose Cinnamon Desktop or others in Genuen it is the same.
I don´t know in MATE, LXQT, Cinnamon are based on X11.

I am getting to the same conclusions.



I had this impression already almost 3 years ago.


I don´t know what "fractional scaling" means.

It seems to me that in Guix the image of any desktop is not that sharp exact as in Genuen. May be you mean some settings in the monitor settings. I am attaching a screenshot. It is in German language sorry.

Hi Gottfried,

The screenshot was useful. Fractional scaling means setting the scaling
(Skalierung) to a value that is not a whole number. Here you have 1
(100%), but if you set it to for example 150% (1.5) it can cause
blurryness.

However that is not the case here. So I am not sure what’s wrong.

Maybe it could be something as simple as not having the same screen
resolution?

My laptop screen is on: 1920 x 1080 (16:9)
and the monitor above it: 1680 x 1050 (16:10)

and in both I can see the difference between Guix and Genuen.
So AFAIU it it does not depend on the screen resolution.

thanks

Gottfried

Good day,
Noé

thanks
Gottfried

Good day,
Noé

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