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  1. Looks as if the "Fight" Step is Reached by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Microsoft's Olivier Bloch Explains Microsoft Open Source (Video)

    "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." [Gandhi @ RedHat]

  2. Screenshot with and without BCI by nstrom · · Score: 3, Informative · on FreeType Project Cheers TrueType Patent Expiration

    Here's a side-by-side screenshot of Linux font rendering with and without the now patent-free byte code interpretation: http://avi.alkalay.net/2007/01/freetype-with-bytecode-interpreter.html

  3. About incompetence by firefly4f4 · · Score: 5, Informative · on ISO Takes Control Of OOXML

    Meanwhile some on-looking SC 34 people felt insulted. One neutral XML expert, who I know for a fact took a very close technical look at DIS 29500 asked "what are they saying? that we are incompetent? that we do not have the right to decide for ourselves?".

    No, the general public is not calling them incompetent. Other technical committees are calling them incompetent.

    They're just being polite about it.

  4. Brazilian says no too! by rsilva · · Score: 5, Interesting · on India Decides to Vote "No" For OOXML

    Same in Brazil:
    Brazil says no
    And OpenDocument is now a national standard!

  5. Re:This is my take on KDE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on KDE Celebrates 10 Years of Existence

    I think the solution for your first problem is 'kerning'.

    Here is the link which will teach you how-to kern your fonts ;)

    http://alkalay.net/linux/docs/font-howto/Font.html

  6. Re:vaseline-free please? by Hazelnut · · Score: 1 · on A Closer Look at SUSE 10
    I agree that this is a major problem with Linux. There is a pretty easy solution, but Novell and others would do well to sort it out "out of the box" so to speak. (although maybe they have - I have installed openSuSE using net install)

    Anyway to get the fonts looking like windows you need to follow the instructions here:

    http://www.opensuse.org/Optimal_Use_of_Fonts_on_Su SE/

    You have three choices of font source:

    1. Windows install (thats what I used)
    2. Webcore MS fonts (were/are freely availible, but I don't know where from since I used 1)
    3. Free fonts that are rendered well without AA at low point sizes. (this link should help.. http://avi.alkalay.net/linux/docs/font-howto/Font. html/

    Hope this helps someone. :)