Interesting... I haven't tried anything but apt, but everything I've ever need has always been on it, and of a relatively latest version with hot updates. Rega

Interesting... I haven't tried anything but apt, but everything I've ever need has always been on it, and of a relatively latest version with hot updates. Regarding fonts, it's subjective matter of course, but you can look at my desktop (I just did a screen shot) with my font settings. Here we go, no text file editing, just adjusted my font appearance in "Fonts" tab in Gnome: http://kontsevoy.com/gutsy.png http://kontsevoy.com/gutsy.png My wife has been envious about this "punchy" font rendering for quite some time (until she got a Mac), but my colleagues at work still are (they're still on Windows).