If you’ve ever started a clean install of Opera 9.5, might concern earlier versions as well, you’ve probably noticed how ripped and crude fonts look on some pages (for instance google.com and youtube.com).

You fix this issue by typing opera:config in the address bar, search for Core X Fonts, and uncheck the setting. Restart Opera and you should see your fonts have been drawn smooth and nice.

I was bored the other and figured I’d see how my friends on World of Warcraft were doing. I usually get daily updates through our guild forum, which is the mother of all spammers and father of all off-topic threads, but It had been a while since I played with them and it would be nice time spent idling in Undercity and talking nonsense with the guild. To take my time killing initativ even further I decided not to reboot to Windows, but have World of Warcraft run on Mandriva. Read more…