Why do backgrounds always looks blurry | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

quick falcon Jan 12, 2026, 3:12 AM

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almost all the 1440p backgrounds i find are blurry despite the resolution being the right size

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like with this, especially

magic sapphire Jan 12, 2026, 3:25 AM

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put wallpaper zoom mode to 'centered' instead of anything else

quick falcon Jan 12, 2026, 3:30 AM

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magic sapphire put wallpaper zoom mode to 'centered' instead of anything else

its still just as blurry

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magic sapphire Jan 12, 2026, 3:30 AM

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that pic looks fine to me. the OG one

quick falcon Jan 12, 2026, 3:30 AM

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i think its compressed a bit

magic sapphire Jan 12, 2026, 3:30 AM

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are the windows displaying sharply?

quick falcon Jan 12, 2026, 3:31 AM

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like the file explorer?

magic sapphire Jan 12, 2026, 3:31 AM

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yes, any window

quick falcon Jan 12, 2026, 3:31 AM

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yeah they're fine

magic sapphire Jan 12, 2026, 3:33 AM

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ok. well i cant explain the wallpaper unless display scaling is in play and buggering it

quick falcon Jan 12, 2026, 3:33 AM

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i assume it should be 100%?

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i did just disable the experimental option for fractional scaling and the screen got slightly brighter but the background still looks meh

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i did kind of recreate this background in gimp with an svg of the same icon and its great quality and very sharp

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so i think it's just this background

magic sapphire Jan 12, 2026, 3:35 AM

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sending screenshots doesnt show it any different for me

quick falcon Jan 12, 2026, 3:36 AM

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i know

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i cant tell if there's a difference in quality or not

junior wharf Jan 12, 2026, 6:17 PM

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ensure backgrounds are in png

#Why do backgrounds always looks blurry