__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 21:31 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, 7
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> 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
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| 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.
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http://mywheel.net/blog/index.php/2007/01/08/visual-comparison-of-major-oss-font-rendering/
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