cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34255100

Thought I’d create a distinct thread from the previous one asking about daily use, because I really do want to hear more on people’s pain points. Great to know people are generally sounding pretty positive in those posts who recently switched, but want to know your difficulties as well! This way old and new users can share their thoughts, hopefully to inspire a respectful discussion.

  • LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    19 days ago

    Resolution settings is one thing I can think of right now.

    In Windows, I can right-click the desktop, click Display Settings, and easily choose what resolution I want the monitor at.

    Why? Because I stupidly bought an ultrawide monitor back in 2017, and when trying to remote in to do something from a different room in the house, the screen is too tiny for my weak eyes to read.

    On Windows, I can remote in with RDP (KRDP for KDE users), do the above clicking, and then be greeted with a properly scaled environment to work with on a smaller device. Think 15in trying to use 2560x1080. It doesn’t work for what I need.

    I read that it might be because my monitor doesn’t come with those presets (i.e. 1920x1080), but Windows doesn’t care. I can do it there, painlessly. Linux wants me to (as far as I know) mess with a config file somewhere, and I just am not going to do that any more. I’ve ruined a lot of distros trying to fuck around with those damn config files! >:(

    • Baggie@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      19 days ago

      You might be able to get around this with a dummy desktop that only exists for the remote session maybe? No idea how I’d go about that. That really sucks though. Rdp is one of the few windows things I miss, it was so easy to use and never gave me issues.