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FreundBernd

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Registered: 2023-12-12

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Fractional scaling in Gnome leads to blurry apps

After I enabled 125% scaling (Gnome), some of my apps appear blurry. These include:
- VSCode
- Github Desktop
- Chromium

After researching the topic, the most suggested solution seems to be editing *.desktop files for the applications.
But I can`t find any .desktop files on my machine (e.g. in ~/.local/share/applications/).

Do I have to create those files from scratch?
Are they located somewhere else, where I can't find them?
Is there a better way to solve this?

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: Fractional scaling in Gnome leads to blurry apps

Packages install .desktop files under /usr/share/applications/, you should copy the file to ~/.local/share/applications/ and edit it there to stop your changes being over-written after updates.

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digitalone

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Registered: 2011-08-19

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Re: Fractional scaling in Gnome leads to blurry apps

You can also retain the original desktop entries. For VSCode, create a config file under `~/.config/environment.d` and write:

ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT=wayland

Restart the system.

For Chromium, set Wayland under `brave://flags/`. Restart the app.

Last edited by digitalone (2024-12-29 09:46:57)