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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:56:22 +0000

@Wanted:

Linux font rendering is usually a lot better in my opinion. (Compare the Eclipse IDE on Windows with the one on Linux.)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:32:57 +0000

Here is mine:

PS1=”[ [33[01;31m]u@h[33[00m] [33[01;33m]D{%a %D} @[33[00m] ] n [33[01;37m]w[33[00m] $ ”

It displays the standard username@hostname (in red) and the day, date and time as well (in yellow). Looks sorta like this:
[ user@ghacks Wed 01/07/09 8:30 AM ]
~ $

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:15:31 +0000

Very nice!
I’ve never understood how PS1 work… now I’m aware of

By: jack

jack — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:49:43 +0000

Wanted – which distribution are you using? do you have xft enabled? have you tried using your desktop’s control panel to tweak anti-aliasing (which is what ClearType really is)

By: Wanted

Wanted — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:31:28 +0000

Completely off topic, but is there any hope for Linux font rendering to approach something like Windows ClearType? It’s the only thing holding me back from taking the complete plunge as I’m dreading the death of XP. Thanks!