[systemsettings] [Bug 389598] New: Use better defaults for AA instead of relying on the system or distro to have decent default settings

[Nate Graham]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389598

            Bug ID: 389598
           Summary: Use better defaults for AA instead of relying on the
                    system or distro to have decent default settings
           Product: systemsettings
           Version: 5.11.95
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: kcm_fonts
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: pointedstick at zoho.com
                CC: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

This comes up a lot in online reviews of Plasma and internet forum chatter.

Currently, there are three settings for Anti-Aliasing:
- Enabled
- Disabled
- System Settings

The default is "System Settings. This is sub-optimal for multiple reasons:
1. It's not clear to a user what "System Settings" means
2. This setting respects the system's existing settings, but those settings are
bad in 100% of distros that I have tested

To ensure a better user experience, I recommend that we change the default
setting to "Enabled", and use slight RGB font hinting on the configure dialog.
These settings are optimal for 100% of computers that I have used or supervised
other people setting up, and at least one major Linux distro reviewer found
that they were best for him, too:
http://www.ocsmag.com/2018/01/27/plasma-5-12-long-term-sweetness/

Distros can still override this if they want, but using better defaults will
prevent most of them from having to, I expect.

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