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   -=> 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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