diff --git a/app/window/mainwindow/mainwindow.cpp b/app/window/mainwindow/mainwindow.cpp
index 1a83578e5..067e2603b 100644
--- a/app/window/mainwindow/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/window/mainwindow/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -33,18 +33,21 @@ OLIVE_NAMESPACE_ENTER
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
   QMainWindow(parent)
 {
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINDOWS
-  // Qt on Windows has a bug that "de-maximizes" the window when widgets are added, resizing the window beforehand
-  // works around that issue and we just set it to whatever size is available
+  // Resizes main window to desktop geometry on startup. Fixes the following issues:
+  // * Qt on Windows has a bug that "de-maximizes" the window when widgets are added, resizing the
+  //   window beforehand works around that issue and we just set it to whatever size is available.
+  // * On Linux, it seems the window starts off at a vastly different size and then maximizes
+  //   which throws off the proportions and makes the resulting layout wonky.
   resize(qApp->desktop()->availableGeometry(this).size());
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_WINDOWS
   // Set up taskbar button progress bar (used for some modal tasks like exporting)
   taskbar_btn_id_ = RegisterWindowMessage("TaskbarButtonCreated");
   taskbar_interface_ = nullptr;
 #endif
 
-  // Create empty central widget - we don't actually want a central widget but some of Qt's docking/undocking fails
-  // without it
+  // Create empty central widget - we don't actually want a central widget (so we set its maximum
+  // size to 0,0) but some of Qt's docking/undocking fails without it
   QWidget* centralWidget = new QWidget(this);
   centralWidget->setMaximumSize(QSize(0, 0));
   setCentralWidget(centralWidget);