Analyze any display. Input a few simple details and figure out the aspect ratio, DPI, and other details of a particular display. Great for deciding which laptop or external monitor to purchase, and if it would be considered HiDPI.
Handy features:
Find out if a display is a good choice based on its size and resolution
Get advice about different densities
Learn the logical resolution
Differentiate between laptops and desktop displays
Stupid simple: all in a cute li'l window
Based my expertise and experience shipping HiDPI hardware and software at System76 and elementary.
Tells you if a display’s density is:
Very Low DPI,
Fairly Low DPI,
Ideal for LoDPI,
Potentially Problematic,
Ideal for HiDPI,
Fairly High for HiDPI, or
Too High DPI
Special thanks:
Micah Ilbery for the shiny icons
Details for Dippi
Package name
dippi
License
unset
Last updated
30 April 2023 - latest/stable
30 April 2023 - latest/edge
This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:
sudo snap install snapd
Install Dippi
To install Dippi, simply use the following command: