On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 08:20 +0100, Rakesh wrote: [ . . . ] > > 1. Running IntelliJ - really bad fonts. Have googled various times to > improve this but nothing really satisfies.
It's not the fonts per se, it's a Java problem — Java font rendering on Linux is terrible. No company sees fixing this as in their commercial interest, so it doesn't get fixed. I guess JetBrains only get an income stream from Windows and OS X folk, so don't care about Linux. > 2. If unhappy with the default versions of apps in the repository I > have to do manual installs - latest version of ant or ruby for example > were nightmares to upgrade. No idea about Ruby, but installing the latest Ant on Debian Testing (and hence Debian anything and Ubuntu anything) is really straightforward and about a 2 minute task. On the other hand 1.8.2 is the standard on Debian Testing so no need for a manual install. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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