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		LaSombra on April 14, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OS X 10.9: A downward spiral or a new hope? I agree, but some brand new laptops are fully supported out of the box. I have a brand new Lenovo ThinkPad T530 and it's running Fedora 18 flawlessly. Wi-Fi, headphone plugged-in sensor, OSD, media keys, dual-monitor support, webcam, 3D acceleration, sleep/wakeup, all working since day 1 out of box. I think the more business oriented laptops are safe to run Linux and the new XPS 13 doesn't look bad at all except for the pricing. EDIT: My biggest issue with Linux is font rendering, which, out of the box, sucks. The day I discovered http://www.infinality.net/blog/ I was the happiest man at the office.

rayiner on April 14, 2013 | [–]

I exclusively used Linux on the desktop from 2002-2006. Font rendering sucked back then too.

Osiris on April 15, 2013 | [–]

Why aren't these merged into the mainline kernel? Is it due to possible patent infringement with ClearType and/or whatever Apple uses?

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