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the difference in font perception is simple and I think instructive. as has been pointed out, kde and gnome both use the exact same font rendering system these days, so the same font will look the same between the two. But last time I checked, KDE was still using Helvetica as its default font. I mean, for god's sake, HELVETICA, which on most distros is a butt-ugly bitmap font. Compare with GNOME, for which the default from 2.3 on (maybe 2.2.1, I don't remember) is the very pretty Bitstream Vera font set. (Before Vera, it at least used a passable, truetype font for default, not a bitmap pile of ugliness). It just goes to show how much impact a simple choice of default can have on performance.

Can people for the love of GOD please stop banging on about the f***ing file save dialog? IT'S OLD NEWS, for Pete's sake. EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT IT. It's even mentioned in the article, for crying out loud. You're not telling anyone anything new, you are adding to the sum total of human wisdom in no way whatsoever. So shut the hell up and just wait for it to be fixed, which is happening. Yeesh.