Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 10:42:48 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 12 Message-ID: <20250707104248.000009ad@gmail.com> References: <102ecnj$2l3qp$3@dont-email.me> <20250612083705.000061fc@gmail.com> <102fi1k$2u1dt$4@dont-email.me> <20250612161731.00003f61@gmail.com> <102funf$3149j$4@dont-email.me> <20250620103703.00004ee7@gmail.com> <1035m0l$u0ib$5@dont-email.me> <20250623142902.00001ef8@gmail.com> <103cqjq$1ip4g$7@dont-email.me> <20250701141023.00003c97@gmail.com> <1041t1s$349i3$3@dont-email.me> <10421sd$35564$4@dont-email.me> <1042qem$3dil1$1@dont-email.me> <1044eug$3p5ha$3@dont-email.me> <104as16$1d2v4$3@dont-email.me> <6868fbb4$0$11443$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <104au7q$1dse1$1@dont-email.me> <20250707094542.000030e6@gmail.com> <104h00d$316tn$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:42:52 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bbf982183c8ec9faed8ffd4769fd5156"; logging-data="3076455"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Yckspg/bJ6HtpwvU9ZMSg0M7qwch3/sI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:+mSPngds9Vdy+mAuSbt2afVFM0U= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:69463 On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 18:26:37 +0100 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > Both my laptop and my desktop are ex corporate HP PCs. > Both run Mint no problem Yeah - I don't know when it started or whether "business-line" products are affected, just what I've seen in the field with small businesses that invariably buy the cheapest-of-the-cheap off the shelf at Wal-Mart (and are, invariably, shocked when it's under-specced and an absolute dog; must be a problem with our software!)