Ubuntu Working To Improve Support For Hi-Res Screens

The changes will eventually make Ubuntu more useable under native resolutions.

A Personal Package Archive has made available a code snapshot of Cairo 1.3 for trial in Ubuntu 14.04. Cairo 1.3 notably supports the scaling and rendering of GTK assets on HiDPI screens, thereby indicating that Ubuntu is now working to improve its support for high pixel density displays.

However, with that said even the changes that Cairo brings along will not be completely 'out of the ordinary'! For instance, in the case of GNOME, applications making heavy use of bitmap assets will eventually mean that the odd spot of pixelation still persists. Further by 2019, until when Ubuntu 14.04 LTS will be supported, HiDPI screens will be everywhere, therefore giving up on scaling might just be for the better.

Furthermore, Canonical is trying to address a really important issue in Ubuntu 14.04. The inclusion of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot system security in Microsoft's Windows 8 made booting of Linux based distributions a challenge in the Win8 machines. It happens because UEFI Secure Boot security allows booting of an operating system only after verification of authentication key.

Author : Shivam Kotwalia, CodeKill