# cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype# mkdir windowsfonts Once you know the path of the fonts directory, move to this directory and create a folder there (it can be any name). But you may also do a search for the same as follows: It is usually at the location '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/'. This method can be used to install the fonts system wide if the above two methods do not give satisfactory results.įirst find out in which location linux has installed the truetype fonts. Now you have access to the fonts on a per user basis. Such people can do the following:Ĭreate a '.fonts' folder in your home directory and copy the necessary fonts into it. And since Ubuntu does not have a root account, they find difficulty in using su to copy eaither. Some people who are using Ubuntu have said that they can't do it as normal user. Here is how you do it.Ĭopy the ttf (True Type Fonts) fonts Ariel, Tahoma, Verdana, Courier New and Times New Roman from the windows partition to the fonts:// location in nautilus.
If you have windows OS installed on your machine, you can copy the essential fonts from the windows partition to linux and use them to get a better web experience. Such websites are best viewed with one of the windows fonts. But at times you come across a website which has been designed with the windows user in mind. And the font rendering can be made better by choosing to antialiase the fonts. Unlike past times, Linux do come with good fonts.
(I use mine constantly for the Alt-F2 Run command in Gnome.) read more This will drive you nuts if you frequently use that key. users may notice before too long that the right-hand Alt key on their keyboard doesn't work in Ubuntu.
Congratulations! But wait - before you dive in too deeply, here are seven steps you can take right away to prevent common headaches and help yourself enjoy your new surroundings.ġ. Half an hour ago, you had only Windows on your PC, but now you have a choice at boot time, and a whole new world to explore. The Ubuntu installer helped you make room for Linux on your hard drive, and even copied over some of your documents and settings from Windows. You booted the installation disc, looked around the test environment to discover that your hardware was working, and double-clicked the Install icon on the desktop. So, you've just installed Ubuntu 7.04, otherwise known as the "Feisty Fawn" release of everyone's favorite (for now) flavor of Linux. Outside of upgrading the operating system's kernel to the version included into Windows Server 2008, and the altered default Windows Desktop search mechanism, SP1 will compatibility, performance and reliability updates as well as the evolution of DirectX 10 to DirectX 10.1. Windows Vista SP1 shares the same core as Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn and the company did offer previews of what the service pack will bring to the table. And of course such a scenario supports the possibility that the final release of Vista SP1 will be delivered all the way in 2008, sometime after February. Microsoft revealed that Vista users should not expect a public beta of the operating system in the "immediate future." Such a release is only expected to be made available sometime by the end of 2007 with all hints pointing to no later than early November. But there is a big step between the Redmond company running Vista SP1 internally and an eventual public beta of the service pack. The first screenshot of the next stage in Vista's life was leaked as early as May the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles. Now, there is little secret of the fact that Microsoft is dogfooding Windows Vista SP1.
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