Which one is better Ubuntu Or Fedora 9

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Thu Oct 30 00:34:36 UTC 2008


David Hláčik wrote:
>> Are you referring to some of the freetype font hinting which is patent
>> encumbered? If so, a rpmfusion package is available for that. Ubuntu hasn't
>> done any specific patching in that area afaik.
>>
> Well that is not true , they patched cairo , freetype, libXft with
> patented bytecode hinting , please check that topic
> http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=186789

Seems odd to require changes so deep down in the stack for just font 
rendering but thanks anyway. Useful info.

Rahul











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