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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Firefox looks so much better than Chrome (tux.social)

submitted 8 months ago by Pantherina@feddit.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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A little admiration of how easy UI customization is on Firefox, and how shitty Chromium looks.

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[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cleartype is not there on my Fedora Firefox on KDE?

[–] warm@kbin.earth 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I've accidentally fell into a Linux space, my bad! This will work on Windows, I'm not sure of alternatives on Linux, I gave up using it before I could play around with Firefox.

Try looking for aliasing options under gfx.font_rendering and trying them out.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sooo you mean "Windows has horrible font rendering" ;D I think on KDE its fine, some say GNOME is better but idk.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No, Windows has good font rendering actually. It's very much just a Firefox issue on Windows.

[–] Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No offence, but I used to think Windows had good font rendering while I was using it. That was until I started using Linux distros. Now every time I boot into Windows, I again remember how awful Windows looks in comparison - washed out, pixelated, gives me eye strain....

[–] zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

never in my years of using Linux have I ever thought that it was rendered clearer. let's be honest with ourselves, no need to lie.

[–] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's a function of PPI, hinting settings, font face, etc. The both of you can be correct in your own right...

Objectively there is a long history font rendering issues under linux though, so... eh.

[–] Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 0 points 8 months ago

There's no need to lie when I can tell the truth lol.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Linux's looks more blurry to me, Window's is much sharper. Maybe at different resolutions it changes though, you need less aliasing at higher res.

[–] Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

I have the inverse - where Windows is so fine and pixelated it looks blurry. Linux is sharp and legible. It may be to do with with sub-pixel rendering. And this has been the case for across multiple computers and laptops, windows versions and Linux distros.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

Strange, I always find it extremely ugly when using Win10 and I think Win11 has improved a lot but not entirely. Its so square-ish for some reason