It's because the subpixel rendering is only for LCDs. On other displays (or when setting a wrong value), it causes a problem.
The majority of displays now are LCDs.
This doesn't justify to *break* something working now.
I think only a tiny percent of openSUSE users use CRTs. Appealing to the arguments about market share we should decide whether we should bar introduction of modern technology in favor of a tiny minority that still uses old displays.
And, some people do hate the subpixel rendering pretty much, as it leaves some artificial colors.
So, it's still risky to enable it *as default*.
It has been done in Ubuntu for a long time and I did not see much people who hates Ubuntu fonts out there.
How do you know? There are lots of people who hate Ubuntu :)
I am one of them. Nevertheless, Ubuntu has been extensively praised for good fonts. I have many times seen arguments by users that they choose Ubuntu because it has good fonts out of the box, unlike openSUSE. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org