Icons, fonts, windows (everything) way too big

basically new to linux, using asus laptop. i got everything working so far, and its been the best distro ive tried but everything is so huge i can barely see what im doing. would appreciate any help

─λ garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.2.11-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=8b096d6f-80a9-43ac-9b57-e5eae6f78cdf rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ROG Strix G533ZX_G533ZX v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G533ZX v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: G533ZX.324 date: 02/21/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 82.9 Wh (98.0%) condition: 84.6/90.0 Wh (94.0%)
volts: 17.0 min: 15.9 model: AS3GWYF3KC GA50358 type: Unknown
serial: <filter> status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154) stepping: 3
microcode: 0x429
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 14 mt: 6 tpc: 2 st: 8 threads: 20 smt: enabled
cache: L1: 1.2 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB, 8x64 KiB
L2: 11.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3083 high: 4589 min/max: 400/4900:5000:3800 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 4589 2: 3490 3: 2900
4: 2900 5: 4434 6: 2900 7: 2074 8: 2900 9: 3583 10: 2900 11: 2900 12: 2900
13: 2900 14: 2900 15: 2900 16: 2900 17: 2900 18: 2900 19: 2900 20: 2900
bogomips: 116736
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+
ports: active: none empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:46a6 class-ID: 0380
Device-2: NVIDIA GA103M [GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 530.41.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2420 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915,nvidia display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 910x381mm (35.83x15.00")
s-diag: 987mm (38.84")
Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: primary res: 3440x1440 dpi: 95
size: 920x380mm (36.22x14.96") diag: 995mm (39.19") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: DP-2 size-res: N/A modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 530.41.03 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Ti Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:2288 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.2.11-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.69 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:2c:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp44s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:7
chip-ID: 8087:0033 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 41.03 GiB (4.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 3400 MTFDKBA1T0TFH
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: P7MA001 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 41.03 GiB (4.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 41.03 GiB (4.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 41.03 GiB (4.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 953.57 GiB size: 953.57 GiB (100.00%)
used: 41.03 GiB (4.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.01 GiB used: 768 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2300
Info:
Processes: 373 Uptime: 15m wakeups: 3 Memory: 31.01 GiB
used: 3.22 GiB (10.4%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1815
libs: 521 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-04-20
Last full system update: 2023-04-20 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

Use System Settings,

Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: primary res: 3440x1440 dpi: 95

Change dpi to 192 or 48 :wink:

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Thank you.. :slight_smile:

Glad it worked! Be sure to mark @SGS post as a solution if you have no further issues. Welcome to the community :slight_smile:

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How do I do that? Sorry :confused: I don't really use forums. Also thanks :slight_smile:

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