gtk vs gtk2+xft ???

[Marc Schwartz]

On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 13:05, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Anthony Ewell wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> >     Mozilla's download page lists two types of Firefox 0.8 (formerly
> > Firebird)
> > for Linux programs: gtk  and   gtk2+xft.   Not to ask too stupid a question,
> > but which one is for XFce?  And, what is the difference?
> 
> Neither is explicitly for XFCE.  However, if you're using XFCE4 then you
> already have gtk2 installed, and thus, the gtk2 version should prolly be a
> safe choice.  If you're using XFCE3, then you would have gtk(1) installed.


The other difference is that the 'xft' version provides for
anti-aliasing of fonts. That is the one that I downloaded, since AA
fonts look much better (to me) on my LCD panel display.

Also, FWIW, I noted posts on one of the Mozilla sites that indicates  
some IP issues with some of the Firefox artwork. Thus only the
'official' tarballs and install files from Mozilla.org will include the
up to date Firefox icons, etc. 

RPMS, etc. from yum/apt/etc repositories will (should) have the older
Firebird generation artwork or so it seems.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz