[aaronkaplan]

This is from Fedora 13 (not 14, sorry), with subpixel hinting, without the patch: http://i.imgur.com/whG3S.png

Comparing it to your patched F14 version, the roman typefaces look quite different, but overall I can't say I prefer one to the other. The italics, on the other hand, look much better in your version.

There is one strange thing in your F14 screenshot, though--the upper left of the lowercase letter 'a' is straight horizontal, rather than curving down as it does in all the other screenshots, both yours and mine.

Your Ubuntu screenshot looks very similar to your F14 screenshot, but not quite identical: see the dots on the lowercase i, and the above-mentioned problem with the lowercase a.

Thanks!