Andrej Borsenkow wrote:
>
> >
> > With XFree86 4.x you don't need an external font server. Why are Mandrake
> > still using xfs? Instead of FontPath "unix/:-1" in XF86Config you
> > can add the
> > font paths directly. Much simpler, more user-friendly and future proof.
> >
>
> IMHO it should depend on selected "usage profile". For home computers having
> font server is probably an overkill. For business, LAN installation, I do want
> font server to be sure all X-workstations clients get consistent fonts.
I've found that XFS has a real problem with large quantities of fonts,
solved by dropping XFS and going with the usual fontpath in the config.
John
