Just curious if anyone knows how to mitigate/disable font antialiasing on Debian based distros (Kali) I need to use it for a pentesting challenge and haven't been able to use it due to eyestrain because of blurry fonts, ie not @KM 's problem as it obviously occurs in a virtual machine as well (Host system is OS X 10.10)

I think kali uses gnome, right?
I don't know any way of disabling it via terminal (which would work on most linux based)

Untested, but here's a guide to get anti-aliasing on. Do the opposite at the last step? 😃
http://helpdeskgeek.com/linux-tips/enable-anti-aliasing-for-better-kde-app-integration-in-gnome/

As a alternative, you don't have to use kali. Just find the tools you need, download them to another distro that you know how to disable anti-aliasing (like linux mint) and run it from there.

  • JTL replied to this.

    Slacor Indeed it does, or KDE with custom image.

    Downloaded Linux Mint earlier and installed it on VirtualBox. WIll play with it tomorrow.

    Obviously I'm having no direct problems with MacBook Pro and BenQ screen's I got. Now I'm craving a 2560x1440 IPS for secondary 😃

      JTL I think the Mint settings are just changing this config by a frontend

      Yup

      I ran a find command to identify the most recently adjusted files after adjusting the font values

        ~$  sudo find ~/ -amin -1
~/.config/dconf
~/.config/dconf/user

      It's binary, so some kind of dconf reader will be neeed.

      ~$ file .config/dconf/user
.config/dconf/user: GVariant Database file, version 0
      • JTL replied to this.

          SUCCESS

          Go to Applications -> Tweak Tool -> Fonts

          Default setting is: Hinting: Medium and Antialiasing: Grayscale

          Setting Hinting to Slight looks good, as Slacor says.

          Comparison (use zoom):

          https://i.imgur.com/kiTwHyX.png

          Slacor changed the title to Debian Linux Font Rendering - Eyestrain .
          20 days later
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