Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> - Xfont, which provides font services (including selection and rendering)
> through the X server. This is basically obsolete in favour of client-side
> fonts.
Why is this? Client side fonts are bad for several reasons:
1) You end up with the mess you point out, wher
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:52:46AM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote:
> 3) Performance suffers. The X server is in the best position to render
> fonts using any hardware acceleration provided by the video card, and
> allows for those fonts to be shared by all applications, reducing
> duplication and
* [Florian Zeitz]
> Linux has been able to do this for ages, but it has been considered a
> bad idea, because it wears the memory sticks flash.
> In theory all it takes is:
> 1. # mkswap /dev/sdX (where sdX is your memory stick)
> 2. Edit your fstab to say:
> /dev/sdX none swap sw,pri=2 0 0
> UUI
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Oystein Viggen wrote:
> * [Florian Zeitz]
>
>> Linux has been able to do this for ages, but it has been considered a
>> bad idea, because it wears the memory sticks flash.
>> In theory all it takes is:
>> 1. # mkswap /dev/sdX (where sdX is your memor
I would like to add a little on this topic.
On 19/05/07, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There has been some confusion and dissatisfaction over the treatment of
> fonts in Ubuntu for a some time now, and no common understanding of how to
> improve the situation. I spent a little time
Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:52:46AM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote:
>
>> 3) Performance suffers. The X server is in the best position to render
>> fonts using any hardware acceleration provided by the video card, and
>> allows for those fonts to be shared by all applications
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 03:09:12PM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote:
> Matthew Garrett wrote:
> >Measurements have shown that over pretty much any sort of common
> >network, latency is more of a problem than bandwidth. Server-side fonts
> >require multiple round-trips between the server and the client f
Am Montag, den 21.05.2007, 19:32 +0200 schrieb Florian Zeitz:
...
> I think it might be worth implementing if done properly (it seems using
> ReadyBoost in it's current form in Vista can actually slow down the
> system sometimes).
The technique to slow down your computer and waste sticks for some
On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 15:09 -0400, Phillip Susi wrote:
> How does server side fonts require more round trips? It should amount
> to a single message that specifies what font to use, what text to
> render, and where.
>
Only after a detailed exchange to determine the character-set coverage
of th
Hi all,
Everyone, young and old, striped and solid, is invited to attend the
next MOTU[0] meeting this Friday, May 25th, 12:00 UTC in #ubuntu-meeting
on irc.freenode.net. The agendum[1] has a tentative list of discussion
topics. We are poised to discuss Universe protocol shortcomings, so
whether
On Monday 21 May 2007 13:32:46 Florian Zeitz wrote:
> Oystein Viggen wrote:
> > * [Florian Zeitz]
> >
> >> Linux has been able to do this for ages, but it has been considered a
> >> bad idea, because it wears the memory sticks flash.
> >> In theory all it takes is:
> >> 1. # mkswap /dev/sdX (where
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 01:13:56AM +0100, Nicolas Spalinger wrote:
>
> > - Whether we still need all these horrible bitmap fonts
>
> You mean the fonts available in the x-fonts* packages?
I think the names are xfonts-*.
Last time I checked, X server won't start without the "fixed" bitmap
font f
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