Subj : Re: Linux Daily?
To   : Eric Renfro
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Sun Jul 28 2019 12:42:00

-=> On 07-27-19 13:46, Eric Renfro wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

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

I have been pretty successful in the past at running Windows without antivirus.
 One just have to be careful. :)

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

Linux behaviour is more predictable, and as you say, determined by your window
manager and/or desktop configuration.  The type of focus shift I'm referring to
is when it's uncommanded and subject to variables unrelated to the application
you're working in at the time.

 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.

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

I think you're on a different wavelength there.  Ham radio applications are
many and varied these days.  Some have Linux equivalents, some don't (yet). 
And some are multi system.

 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.

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

Fair enough.


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