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     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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