Font HOWTO For Linux

big-dog writes "The Register is running a good HOWTO on getting fonts to look better in Linux." Making things look purty is always good.

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Re:Step 1

[Billly Gates]

Redhat 8 has serious issues for any web developer. I got burned buying it and have uninstalled it.

No apache 1.3x and perl 5.6x support to top it off. No perl 5.8 is not source compatible with perl 5.6 code. It is %90 but thats not good enough in alot of situations. My college text "Perl how to program" by Deitel & Deitel has many examples that will not compile properly on rh8. I tried it myself. I believe most of the problems have something to do with the new scoping rules for variables since that is what perl 5.8 complains about the most.

How about cgi support for apache2 in redhat 8? Redhat 8 does not even install mysql by default and installs the more postgreSQL utilities by default since redhat database uses postgresSQL. Mysql support is lacking in this version since alot of perl servlets use mysql to retrieve and store information.

No Java 1.3x support. Hell no java 1.4x support either! Licensing issues have got in the way.

I am not bashing redhat and causing a flamewar per say but rather just stating that redhat is not for everyone.