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@chimera@infosec.exchange They pose problems for every system, in Windows you have to disable HiDPI mode to use non-standard scaling if you want legacy apps to not look like pixelated mess — everything gets small, but at least the text is readable.
Mac OS X is just slightly better at this because the technology was fundamentally there, they could have gone for complete resolution independency after 10.5 but fucked it up big time.
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HiDPI mode is a quirk in every system, with Linux, like Thor said, it's lack of testing that kicks in. Most of this software is non-commercial, most don't have dedicated testing teams and pool of hardware to test it on. The devs will often gladly fix these things, but won't go great lengths to figure them out before you even encounter them. You get a lot of stuff for free, but you become the tester 🤷
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