On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Tim Wunder wrote: > On Tuesday 10 December 2002 10:51 pm, someone claiming to be > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The Subject: line pretty much says it, but allow me to phrase it as > > a question: which is preferable, using a font server or using the > > standard hard-coded FontPath directives in XF86Config? I don't serve > > X terminals, so I'm not sure using a font server (xfs or, for True > > Type fonts, xfstt) buys me anything. The floor is open for opinions, > > but I'd prefer facts. ;-) > > > > Based on my experience with RedHat 8.0's FontServer, hard code that puppy (er > path)! That's my next step, anyway... XFS keeps crashing on me, not > fun...YMMV > AFAIK, xfstt is no longer needed to serve TrueType fonts, at least RH8 is only > using xfs. > But, if you want to add an unnecessary server that could cause your system to > break, use xfs ;-)
Redhat has always used xfs. I'm not sure that any distro used xfstt out of the box. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
