Posts: Sommelier Config

Scaling Linux applications in ChromeOS to match up and remove the fuzz

If you run Linux applications like LibreOffice, Gimp, or VSCode on your Chromebook, you might notice little things like fuzzy text, a cursor that changes size when moving in and out of the window, or just plain weird scaling on window elements.

A lot of the recommendations I found seemed dated and nothing really worked. I found the following in a forum, but it was still off. Thus, please find the working ~/.sommelierrc configuration for a Framework Chromebook:

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echo Xft.dpi: 96 | xrdb -merge
export GDK_SCALE=2
export GDK_SCALE_DPI=96
export SOMMELIER_SCALE=1

I added the above to every container I use X applications with, then stopped the container and restarted it (not sure if necessary). Now the fuzz is gone and I can see what I am coding again.