Subj : Re: Linux Daily?
To   : Tony Langdon
From : Eric Renfro
Date : Sat Jul 27 2019 13:46:01

  Re: Re: Linux Daily?
  By: Tony Langdon to Eric Renfro on Fri Jul 26 2019 07:51 pm

 ER>> I cannot think of a single thing where one actually does something
 ER>> "better" than the other, in any way.

 TL> I disagree, some things work better in some environments, others work
 TL> better in different environments. One big thing for me is a fairly complex
 TL> installation of Thunderbird definitely works better in a Linux
 TL> environment, which can be kept clean and simple, without various
 TL> antimalware products competing for the CPU's attention, every time mail is
 TL> scanned. Thunderbird and Windows also experience some odd focus changes
 TL> that aren't commanded by the click of a mouse. No such issues on Linux.

Hmmmm... I mean, the imposed requirements of even having to have "antivirus"
software specifically is pretty much degrading even the chances of having
"better" in the vocabulary at all when it comes to Windows. The fact you have
to have something like that constantly running just to prevent both infection
and spreading alone...

Focus changes, minor things, in my book. And that can always vary, even in
Linux, based on what Desktop Environment or window-manager you use. :)

 TL> On the other side, a lot of ham radio software still requires a Windoes
 TL> OS. SOme will run under WINE, but not all of them will work that way. 

Hmm.. Never done HAM stuff, so I can't really comment on that. I have done
nodal networking techniques with various things, and could digress to say that
the difference between HAM packets and other forms of network packets over
radio waves can definitely vary significantly. Especially in security aspects,
and since it's over the air, security is highly important in my book.

 ER>> But, my reasons for using Linux Mint are pretty much ended when
 ER>> Cinnamon started showing me ghosted taskbar items on the taskbar of
 ER>> my secondary display, and the only resolution to solving it was...

 TL> Hmm, never had that issue at least, not yet.

For me, it started being a real issue around Cinnamon 4.x, when it really
started to get unstable. I've gone to using my old trusty XFCE which has never
let me down. Unlike KDE, Gnome, Cinnamon, and pretty much everything else to
date actually, in terms of DE's.

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