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Fix for ClearType fonts looking bad in OpenOffice and LibreOffice

jim — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:34:27 +0000

If your running Ubuntu or some other Linux variant, and ClearType fonts like Calibri or Cambria look jagged and thin (or just ugly) in Open/LibreOffice, there is a fix. The problem is that for small font sizes, TrueType fonts use bitmaps instead of antialiasing, which just don’t look particularly good. To stop this from happening, create a file in your home folder called .fonts.conf (if it doesn’t already exist) and put this in it:

false

Save it, and then log out and log back in again. Your fonts should look great now.

MySQL Error

jim — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:28:06 +0000

I was getting this error when trying to access a remote database from a website: “Lost connection to MySQL server at ‘reading initial communication packet’, system error: 111″

It turned out that for whatever reason, MySQL did not like using a different port forwarded to 3306. I guess you need to change the port in my.cnf and on your firewall.

Google Reader slowness

jim — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:52:22 +0000

If you’re noticing that Google Reader seems to load or scroll slowly, try disabling your ad-blocker (like AdBlock or AdThwart).