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font rendering is just config. first thing i do with opensuse is install the mstttfonts and enable anti-aliasing (weak hints). [edit] the patent issues have l

font rendering is just config. first thing i do with opensuse is install the mstttfonts and enable anti-aliasing (weak hints). [edit] the patent issues have long since died away - http://www.freetype.org/patents.html http://www.freetype.org/patents.html i'm pretty sure (no numbers) package selection isn't less on opensuse, it's just distributed over more repos. use http://software.opensuse.org/search http://software.opensuse.org/search you have more encryption options with opensuse - the yast installer (partition manager) is more flexible than the ubuntu one (i couldn't duplicate my opensuse install with ubuntu and had to go with something simpler). and home directory encryption is an option in yast under "details" for add new user. i have used both. ubuntu is the nicer "out of the box" (it feels more apple-ish). but opensuse allows you to fiddle more - as a developer i prefer opensuse because it's easier to poke around and change things. yast is a huge help when you want it and stays out of the way when you don't - for me it makes opensuse the sweet spot between ubuntu and distros like debian.

qwerta 13y ago
> font rendering is just config. Not just config, but patents! There are patents which covers font rendering (thanks a lot apple), so freetype in most distributions is crippled. Ubuntu ships with those patches. I think on OpenSuse I could install patched freetype (or Infinality which think uses different algorithm). > but opensuse allows you to fiddle more I mostly do Debian, so creating a few symlinks is simple. I used Suse a lot 10 years ago.
- andrewcooke 13y ago
  patent issues ended in 2010. yast is more than creating symlinks.
- mikevm 13y ago
  Are you saying that one doesn't need to use these patches on Ubuntu: http://www.infinality.net/blog/infinality-freetype-patches/ http://www.infinality.net/blog/infinality-freetype-patches/ ?
  - qwerta 13y ago
    I have to retract my previous statement about fonts. My config is bit unusual, VRGB with inverse colors. I just installed Suse 13.1 alongside my Kubuntu 13.10 and rendering looks good on both. I also tried Infinality on 13.1, but fonts did not improved. It also does not seems to have VRGB settings. Also Firefox in Suse is using KDE file dialogs. Kubuntu gave-up on this long time ago. So I think I found new home, after my current installation expires.
  - DArcMattr 13y ago
    Most of the infinality patchset was merged into the Freetype project in time for version 2.5, and according to Distrowatch, OpenSUSE 13.1 is running 2.5.1.
bluedino 13y ago
>> font rendering is just config Linux is just config >> ubuntu is the nicer "out of the box" Very true - I used to stick with Fedora and then tweak it to make it more Ubuntu-ish but then I just gave up and gave in to Ubuntu.
ewzimm 13y ago
From the release: openSUSE 13.1 comes with much improved font hinting thanks to the new font engine in Freetype 2.5. It's actually fixed by default now.

qwerta 13y ago

> font rendering is just config. Not just config, but patents! There are patents which covers font rendering (thanks a lot apple), so freetype in most distributions is crippled. Ubuntu ships with those patches. I think on OpenSuse I could install patched freetype (or Infinality which think uses different algorithm). > but opensuse allows you to fiddle more I mostly do Debian, so creating a few symlinks is simple. I used Suse a lot 10 years ago.

andrewcooke 13y ago
patent issues ended in 2010. yast is more than creating symlinks.
mikevm 13y ago
Are you saying that one doesn't need to use these patches on Ubuntu: http://www.infinality.net/blog/infinality-freetype-patches/ http://www.infinality.net/blog/infinality-freetype-patches/ ?
- qwerta 13y ago
  I have to retract my previous statement about fonts. My config is bit unusual, VRGB with inverse colors. I just installed Suse 13.1 alongside my Kubuntu 13.10 and rendering looks good on both. I also tried Infinality on 13.1, but fonts did not improved. It also does not seems to have VRGB settings. Also Firefox in Suse is using KDE file dialogs. Kubuntu gave-up on this long time ago. So I think I found new home, after my current installation expires.
- DArcMattr 13y ago
  Most of the infinality patchset was merged into the Freetype project in time for version 2.5, and according to Distrowatch, OpenSUSE 13.1 is running 2.5.1.

bluedino 13y ago

>> font rendering is just config Linux is just config >> ubuntu is the nicer "out of the box" Very true - I used to stick with Fedora and then tweak it to make it more Ubuntu-ish but then I just gave up and gave in to Ubuntu.

ewzimm 13y ago

From the release: openSUSE 13.1 comes with much improved font hinting thanks to the new font engine in Freetype 2.5. It's actually fixed by default now.