Actually dithering makes a huge difference. I see zero banding whatsoever in the examples posted in this thread, because my sw/hw config does automatic ditherin

Actually dithering makes a huge difference. I see zero banding whatsoever in the examples posted in this thread, because my sw/hw config does automatic dithering (Xorg fbdev 0.4.2, AMD Fusion E-350 GPU, Lenovo X120e laptop). Contrast this with other posters who I presume don't have dithering, and write comments like "this gradient looks ugly"...