RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops

Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by reitanqild on Friday August 12, 2016 @11:57AM (#12276642)

Short version: a lot of us don't even think about the fonts as long as we have and ordinary monospaced one when we edit code.

Long version: It seems there are two kinds of people here:

Some like me never think about any font that finds its way into any mainstream distro.

Others seems to care deeply about them.

I find it useful to keep this in mind as I honestly find one of the highly praised Mac a usability disaster (tried honestly to work with it or around it for almost three years).

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by TheRealDunkirk on Friday August 12, 2016 @01:33PM (#12277344)

I ran Linux on the desktop for 19 years. I always used the same distro on the servers as I did on my desktop, just to keep it consistent. I changed a dozen machines over to a new distro, at one point, because I couldn't get my fonts to look good. So, yeah, I'm one of "those people."

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by TheOneTrueKyle on Friday August 12, 2016 @12:10PM (#12276741)

Sure, but that doesn't mean improvement can't happen.

I personally would love to see a proper graphics application. I would use linux as my main PC in a heartbeat if a Sketch equivalent was available. I expect a lot of people have similar feelings or have one thing keeping them from completely making the jump.

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by reitanqild on Friday August 12, 2016 @12:28PM (#12276893)

Yep, my point is only that we shouldn't discourage people from trying because it looks awful and jarring - a lot of us don't recognize that and loves thise Linux distros. :-)

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by hiram112 on Saturday August 13, 2016 @02:08PM (#12282394)

I'm one of those people that just can't tolerate ugly fonts. It drives me insane.

I recently got a MBP and the fonts are great. In 2016, Linux needs this fixed.

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by jordigh on Friday August 12, 2016 @04:03PM (#12278378)

Fellow font-blind person here. It's hard for me to understand the intense emotional response other people have to fonts. I couldn't care less about fonts than I do about the colour of the circuit board my CPU is soldered on.

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by tbrock on Friday August 12, 2016 @12:34PM (#12276933)

As a programmer, how can you not care? You stare at it all day.

That's like saying some art dealers don't care what paintings look like. They just sell the stuff.

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by reitanqild on Friday August 12, 2016 @12:53PM (#12277065)

I understand this might sound weird but I just don't think about fonts. In my head that is designer territory and ever since I realised I was colourweak and couldn't be one anyway I stopped even trying.

I know three types that I use: serif, sans-serif and monospaced programming fonts.

I do however care a lot about keyboard layouts, keyboard shortcuts and general snappiness of the OS so I am definitely a programmer ;-)

Edit: and I'm not a graphics programmer so I'm not an "art dealer" anyway, more like someone in logistics. :-)

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by soperj on Friday August 12, 2016 @01:24PM (#12277284)

There are definitely art dealers that don't care about what the paintings look like, and just want what sells. Personally, as long as it's readable...

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by tormeh on Friday August 12, 2016 @05:33PM (#12278960)

This is one of the things I really love about Ubuntu. Ubuntu monospace is the most readable and unambiguous monospace font I've ever seen.

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