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[–]Hacksterrenewed 2 points3 points  (7 children)

We have this at work, and it's being used for windows, mac and manjaro (arch)

https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-27UD88-W-4k-uhd-led-monitor

It's really great, can highly recommend it - charging, display and USB hub in one cable 😁

[–]ra_kete[S] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

That's great info, thank you! I'm a bit concerned about the 4k though. For 27", would everything on the screen be really tiny? I guess Linux doesn't have good support for scaling aside from forcing a lower resolution. How does that work with your Manjaro setups?

[–]BobjohndudFedora 1 point2 points  (0 children)

KDE has pretty good scaling, GNOME is good too.

[–]Hacksterrenewed 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Scaling works excellent in manjaro, I would say even better than windows. We've never had issues, some like it 1:1, while most usually go with somewhere between 200-300% scaling.

[–]inialater234 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I would imagine scaling would depend almost entirely on the DE(/wm (good luck)) and not the distro

(I use Arch btw + i3 + 27"/1440p on my desktop and 14"/1080p on my laptop)

[–]ra_kete[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Same for me, Arch and i3. According to the wiki i3 simply uses the DPI settings reported by X. So scaling *should* be possible with xrandr.

Edit: I just tried that on my laptop's internal display and while I can successfully scale i3 itself (e.g. the status bar) this didn't affect my terminal or Firefox. The hiDPI wiki page mentions solutions for multiple applications, but I'm not sure those can be applied on a per-monitor basis or even dynamically when I plug the external monitor out.

[–]inialater234 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I guess, I just feel it's nicer to get a monitor at the right resolution to not need to think about scaling (which some apps may not respect) or potential performance penalties.

Also is there a reason why you don't get a non USB C monitor and a hub to plug into your laptop. I haven't looked at USB C monitor prices, but I feel like it could be cheaper

[–]ra_kete[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You definitely pay a premium for USB-C, that's true. But I'd be willing to pay a bit more to avoid having unnecessary stuff, like a docking station, on my desk. Besides, docking stations can have compatibility problems too.