read(4, "\4\374\2\374\7\0\0\0\250\1\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0X\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
424) = 424
 close(4)                                = 0
-stat("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts", 0x7fffb06ec980) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
-stat("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts", 0x7fffb06ec9f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
-stat("/opt/kde3/share/fonts", 0x7fffb06ec980) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
-stat("/opt/kde3/share/fonts", 0x7fffb06ec9f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
-stat("/usr/local/share/fonts", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
+stat("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts", 0x7fff19101bb0) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
+stat("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts", 0x7fff19101c20) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
+stat("/opt/kde3/share/fonts", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=1024, ...}) = 0
+openat(AT_FDCWD, "/opt/kde3/share/fonts", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4
+fstatfs(4, {f_type=EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC, f_bsize=1024, f_blocks=5655093,
f_bfree=719784, f_bavail=428969, f_files=358400, f_ffree=251758,
f_fsid={val=[1551756211, 225110432]}, f_namelen=255, f_frsize=1024,
f_flags=ST_VALID|ST_NOATIME}) = 0
+close(4)                                = 0
+openat(AT_FDCWD,
"/var/cache/fontconfig//cf6c88e680607f2ab796171745f068a4-x86_64.cache-7",
O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4
+fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=104, ...}) = 0
+fstatfs(4, {f_type=EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC, f_bsize=1024, f_blocks=5655093,
f_bfree=719783, f_bavail=428968, f_files=358400, f_ffree=251758,
f_fsid={val=[1551756211, 225110432]}, f_namelen=255, f_frsize=1024,
f_flags=ST_VALID|ST_NOATIME}) = 0
+read(4, "\4\374\2\374\7\0\0\0h\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0X\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
104) = 104
+close(4)                                = 0
+stat("/usr/local/share/fonts", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|S_ISGID|0775,
st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/local/share/fonts", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4


fourth major difference: on the first system, /opt/kde3/share/fonts
does not exist.

my point is: you can't just go "um the files look different, there
appears to be some stuff about fonts", you have to *LOOK* at the file
differences, see what the system calls are, and be discerning.

if you're not familiar with this concept see "Knowledge Type 3" here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta#Epistemology_-_ways_of_knowing

l.