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On a brand new Debian/KDE install, the default fonts are quite harsh. How can I upgrade to some smoother looking ones?

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Start Aptitude

Submitted by MagnusBerg on Mon, 2006-10-30 13:16.

Start Aptitude and look under the headline X11. There are several fontpackage. If you want the usual MS fonts they are named msttcorefonts.

To install only those fonts:
#aptitude install msttcorefonts

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Thanks so much, I will give

Submitted by Misfit138 on Mon, 2006-10-30 15:23.

Thanks so much, I will give it a shot when I get home.

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Font Appearance

Submitted by oldfolio on Mon, 2006-10-30 19:52.

If the new fonts also look bad, there might be another problem. If you haven't already done so, you could try experimenting with the anti-aliasing configuration in the KDE Control Center (Appearance & Themes --> Fonts). If that still doesn't fix the problem, you could also try reconfiguring the fontconfig from a root command prompt (dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config). It took me a couple of tries to get the fonts to look right on my LCD monitor.

--oldfolio

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Ok, I tried apt-get install

Submitted by Misfit138 on Tue, 2006-10-31 08:41.

Ok, I tried
apt-get install msttcorefonts

But got an error about the pkg possibly being obsolete, but referred to by another package.(?)

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Ok, I tried apt-get install

Submitted by Misfit138 on Tue, 2006-10-31 08:42.

Ok, I tried
apt-get install msttcorefonts

But got an error about the pkg possibly being obsolete, but referred to by another package.(?)

While we are on the subject of apt, I would like to add unstable sources to my /etc/apt/sources.list
As far as I can tell, in order to change my sources to unstable, I just need to comment out the security.debian.org line and change the word 'stable' to 'unstable'. And do 'apt-get update' and then 'apt-get dist-upgrade'.
Is this is correct(?)

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Re: Ok, I tried apt-get install

Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2006-10-31 08:53.

That's right as long as you really do want to convert your stable Debian to unstable Debian. Another option is to change stable to etch, which will upgrade you to testing-- but hopefully the testing period will only last a few more months before etch becomes stable.

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non-free and contrib

Submitted by MagnusBerg on Tue, 2006-10-31 13:56.

Etch will never be stable! ;-)

Misfit138, you need, at least, one of the two words 'non-free' and 'contrib', like in the the line below, in your /etc/apt/sources.list to found msttcorefont. You will also be able to chose other fonts that is not in the main repository.

deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ sarge main non-free contrib

Misfit138 if you install msttcorefont you also need Cabextract. The dependency handling should take care of that. Cabextract is to unpack the fonts.

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Thanks so much for all the

Submitted by Misfit138 on Tue, 2006-10-31 14:56.

Thanks so much for all the great replies. I will try it tonight.

I basically would like some decent fonts, kde 3.5.x and a new version of wine. (One that does XP behavior) I have been warned against going unstable/testing though. Not sure what I should do.

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Misfit 130 wrote: "Not sure

Submitted by MagnusBerg on Wed, 2006-11-01 07:10.

Misfit 130 wrote: "Not sure what I should do."

You can try to install KDE 3.5.0 on Sarge from www.backports.org. That version lack some futures from the never version of KDE but the combination Sarge and Backports KDE is real good. In my opinon: Etch is fucked up. But I run it to keep my anger boiling. :-) And try to handle the bugs and problems as good as I can. ;-)
More info about installing KDE from Backports are on their website and some tips here:
http://oldsite.debianhelp.org/module-pnForum-viewtopic-topic-11476-highlight-backports.html

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in defense of etch

Submitted by jamei on Wed, 2006-11-01 20:23.

I have had close to zero problems with etch. Sarge may be better vetted, but imo, the software in etch is a huge improvement over sarge.

Sure, new features introduce new bugs, but I have never lost any work, had any files corrupt, and my workflow is not interrupted by bugs. From my experience, I would say that using the testing distribution is not dangerous.

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Unstable's not _that_ bad

Submitted by cammoblammo on Thu, 2006-11-02 02:33.

I use unstable and I have very few problems since, well, since Sarge went gold. Even KDE updates painlessly these days. The apps I use don't seem to break that often (if ever). The main problems I've had are subtle things --- menu reorganisations, dialogue changes, icon updates and so on.

Of course, your mileage may vary. If you break it, you get to keep both parts!

--
A tidy house is the sign of a stolen computer.

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thanks. worked after adding

Submitted by Misfit138 on Tue, 2006-10-31 20:41.

thanks. worked after adding non-free, contrib!

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