The dependency on restricted non-modifiable fonts for web and print needs to be reduced....
Every script should have a free as in freedom working implementation.
Thankfully there are efforts underway to create a common open font set for the free desktop:
Check out the growing collection of open fonts released on
the Unifont fontguide and the OFL font catalog". The freedesktop wiki lists the beginnings of a common open font set . The page needs updating though as some fonts have been released/freed since the last change.
Even on Apple's website, the press release doesn't say precisely which fonts are covered.
It only talks about "the latest version of core Windows fonts" and "popular Windows fonts such as Times New Roman, Arial and Verdana".
Is it just me or each time I open a folder with lots of mails in it (hundreds) the mozilla mail client rebuilds the summary file. It takes 10 seconds for big folders and it's a bit of a pain.
Any slashdotters out there know how to get rid of that... hum "feature"? Thanks.
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The dependency on restricted non-modifiable fonts for web and print needs to be reduced....
Every script should have a free as in freedom working implementation.
Thankfully there are efforts underway to create a common open font set for the free desktop:
Check out the growing collection of open fonts released on the Unifont fontguide and the OFL font catalog". The freedesktop wiki lists the beginnings of a common open font set . The page needs updating though as some fonts have been released/freed since the last change.
We now have the community-approved license for fonts: the Open Font License , a growing community of open font designers a community of distribution packagers and a growing toolkit to do font design collaboratively.
Let's see what happens.
Even on Apple's website, the press release doesn't say precisely which fonts are covered.
It only talks about "the latest version of core Windows fonts" and "popular Windows fonts such as Times New Roman, Arial and Verdana".
Font licensing is a very complex issue.
These recent research reports on Writing Systems Implementation provide very good information and links on the subject
Font Licensing and Protection Details and Intellectual Property Concerns in the Development of Complex Script and Language Resources
This is part of UNESCO's Initiative Babel
6 types of memory cards, 2 front USB ports, a firewire port, and audio in/out
(yes that's you rpm-get-like thingy...)
forget about dependancies, it just rocks!
Read the Urpmi howto
and check out the huge MandrakeClub rpms repository
I didn't realise slashcode would not activate them. Enjoy!
Urpmi howto
the urpmi sources
The MandrakeClub rpms repository
Forget about the reviews and just sync your Mandrake box with the ton of urpmi sources out there. Feel the power of urpm* :-D
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Urpmi howto:
http://www.urpmi.org/en/index.html
The urpmi sources:
http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.
The MandrakeClub rpms repository:
http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/
Enjoy tons of packages from an excellent distro.
Is it just me or each time I open a folder with lots of mails in it (hundreds) the mozilla mail client rebuilds the summary file. It takes 10 seconds for big folders and it's a bit of a pain. Any slashdotters out there know how to get rid of that... hum "feature"? Thanks.