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0 pointsm45t3r9y ago0 comments

> The GUI experience on Linux suffers mostly from inconsistency when using applications written with different toolkits

This is true, however Windows suffers from the same problem (and OSX too, however in a minor degree).

> awful font rendering

Only by default maybe. I did tweak my fontconfig (just some symlinks available in /etc/fonts/conf.avail) and IMO the font rendering in my Linux systems are better than my Windows systems (even after tweaking Windows ClearType).

There is the fact that some applications does not support fontconfig, however I can't think anyone that I use daily at least.

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XorNot9y ago

The infinality fontconfig patch completely fixes this, but no distribution ships it because of patent encumberence.

floatboth9y ago

Hmm, the FreeBSD port print/freetype2 has LCD_FILTERING ("Sub-pixel rendering (patented)") enabled by default since 27 Nov 2014.

infinality is obsolete. Freetype 2.7.0 ships a new interpreter (that's… based on infinality. but faster and simpler) http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2016-07/...

XorNot9y ago

I'll have to check if I'm missing something but I haven't been happy with the effect on Ubuntu despite hearing this for a while.

ENTP9y ago

You are absolutely right. Theres a whole bunch of apps that are 'blurry' when running on a retina display.

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0 pointsm45t3r9y ago0 comments

> The GUI experience on Linux suffers mostly from inconsistency when using applications written with different toolkits

This is true, however Windows suffers from the same problem (and OSX too, however in a minor degree).

> awful font rendering

There is the fact that some applications does not support fontconfig, however I can't think anyone that I use daily at least.

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XorNot9y ago

The infinality fontconfig patch completely fixes this, but no distribution ships it because of patent encumberence.

floatboth9y ago

Hmm, the FreeBSD port print/freetype2 has LCD_FILTERING ("Sub-pixel rendering (patented)") enabled by default since 27 Nov 2014.

infinality is obsolete. Freetype 2.7.0 ships a new interpreter (that's… based on infinality. but faster and simpler) http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2016-07/...

XorNot9y ago

I'll have to check if I'm missing something but I haven't been happy with the effect on Ubuntu despite hearing this for a while.

ENTP9y ago

You are absolutely right. Theres a whole bunch of apps that are 'blurry' when running on a retina display.

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