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I am trying to use ubuntu mate on lenovo y50 having 4k resolution .It seems there is no support for hidpi screens in mate . I was able to manage scaling in gnome desktop using

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2

I tried the same in mate to no effect . I even tried to look into org.mate.desktop.interface for such options , but there is no such configuration available . Can anyone help me with this ?

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  • I think Mate does not support hidpi for the moment...
    – hg8
    Sep 7, 2015 at 10:01
  • Any update since September 2015? Apr 26, 2016 at 5:40

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While you can upscale to 4k in Mate, but things will start to look weird and get distorted when upscaling that big.

To change the DPI scaling Open Control Center> Appearance and click on the font tab. Once on the font tab, click on details on the bottom right corner of the window and a new window should open up.

When the font rendering detail window opens, in the top left corner, there will be an option to change the DPI. By default, it will say "Resolution: [96] Dots per inch" and mess with that number once you get a scaling you are comfortable with. For 4k laptops, I would suggest in between 200-250 DPI for the best scaling but buttons and other UI elements will become pretty badly distorted when upscaling that high.

This is what I'm talking about with the distortion

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