__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 07 February 2007 15:52 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:42:09 +0000
> <1887845.YeZJ3X2ktG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 21:31 \__
>>
>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, 7
>>> <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote
>>> on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:16:57 GMT
>>> <Zm5yh.6975$9S5.3190@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> Dr. GroundAxe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>> Ubuntu and wireless - now better than Windows!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>> | For years, Linux has had a reputation of being notoriously bad for
>>>>>> | wireless access, whether through access points, ad-hoc, whatever.
>>>>>> | But the new KWirelessNetwork applet thats included in the new
>>>>>> | Kubuntu beta is just incredible.
>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://evolvedlight.co.uk/?p=20
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's saddening to see how communities beat Microsoft's R&D budgets.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Btw, look how bad the fonts are in that screenshot. It's saddening to
>>>>> so how communities can't compete with Microsoft's typographical team.
>>>>
>>>> Just plain wintard liar.
>>>>
>>>> Windopz fonts are ugly - just run it in qemu session side by side
>>>> Linux and you will kiss goodbye to windopz fonts for good.
>>>> You start wondering how you could put up with
>>>> windopz fonts resembling courier for so long!!!
>>>> http://www.livecdlist.com
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure Arial looks even remotely like Courier anyway.
>>> For starters, Courier is a serif font. :-)
>>>
>>> Apart from Times, Courier, and Helvetica, which are
>>> apparently having some problems at large resolutions,
>>> I'm not sure which fonts I like. (Courier New and
>>> Times New Roman are fine in that area.)
>>
>> Visual comparison of major OS's font rendering
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Personally I don't like ClearType at all. And looking at it
>> | gives me headaches. Also, Linux's myth of bad font rendering
>> | is finally over.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://mywheel.net/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/visual-comparison-of-major-oss-font-rendering/
>>
>>
>
> Interesting. It's hard to say, but I for one would
> say the FreeType2 is the clearest. MacOSX boldened
> it a little too much, and the Windows one is spidery.
> (Windows w/Cleartype is passable.)
>
> Of course that's only one font; what about the others?
>
> The website turns out to be http://www.wiilu.com/ .
> For some reason, the above article did not mention this
> little tidbit. (It's possible they didn't want to get
> drawn into a commercial endorsement issue.)
>
> It turns out none of Epiphany, Firefox, Konqueror, or
> Opera on my machine here at work is using anti-aliasing.
>
> *shrug*
I suspect that the anti-aliasing algorithm is patented by Apple, so it's
rarely (if ever) enabled by default in Linux. Automatix enables it in
Ubuntu, IIRC, or maybe it involves manual intervention (changing some
parameter with a text editor).
Software patent. Everybody wins, no?
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