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kde-workspace package

  1. Bug #921555
  2. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 921555

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In , swerk (owenswerk) wrote :

Comment #21 has it right! Until this gets fixed, I use this hacky little script, anytime after KDE has started, and the nasty subpixel rendering in plasma/kwin goes away:

#!/bin/sh
killall plasma-desktop
killall kwin
plasma-desktop &
kwin &

I don't know how those apps are managing to ignore every font config file in my system, or why they are then suddenly honored later in the KDE startup process. I also think it's very rude for any application to default to subpixel rendering, which even on LCDs looks awful. Whatever optical illusion the technique relies on is incompatible with my eyes, and I'm not the only one.