Hi Bob, By production ready, it doesn't merely mean that the system runs well (I used it for a while and it does run well). Rather, security updates being applied in a present and timely manner is incredibly important as well. The Mint developers hold back security updates, which is very concerning, just because the changes they have made to Debian would otherwise break the system. It's sad because they do it because they've broken Debian. I'll just add that other than the things they add, it is all the same packages, so you can easily make Debian run as fast as Mint. If you solve the problem, fine, but you should be aware of their sloppy and careless attitude to security updates at the expense of their users.
D On 22 November 2016 13:09:54 GMT+00:00, Bob Henson <old...@oldbob.co.uk> wrote: > > >On 22/11/2016 11:40 am, Mike Acker wrote: >> > > On 11/22/2016 06:00 AM, enigmail-users-requ...@enigmail.net >wrote: >>> LMDE is not production ready (and neither are the other editions >> >of Linux Mint), even if it looks pretty. > > > I disagree with these >remarks. I'm using LMDE/2 (Betsy) today -- and > have been using it >since it cleared Beta. Of the MINT varieties I > get the best results >from the LMDE/2 > >Quite. It runs considerably faster than Debian Stable, has more >facilities, and is generally much *more* fit for purpose - Debian >Stable >is so old-fashioned it's not true. Even with the problems it has the >Mint version (I use the Mate version) it is much better. > >> > I have MINT 18 Cinamon as well as MINT 18 KDE installed on my test >> >box; both have trouble with some applications > > as far as GPG/2 goes >-- just check your system at command line using > GPG2 --version. if >it's not installed just do an apt/get and > install it. T-Bird shoud >pick it up automatically > >Mine shows gpg2 present, and enigmail finds it automatically. I'm not >very technical - but it does point to /usr/bin/gpg2 which is a library >(?) not an executable - the nearby exectutable is gpg (1.x) - but >Enigmail refuses to talk to that at all. > >> > as far as T-Bird goes I've had trouble with the GPG interface "off >> >and on". IMHO I suspect it's because "AFAIK" T-Bird does not use > >the GPGME interface. > > I've been experimenting with both CLAWS e/mail >as well as Evolution. > For Linux users it might be best to get away >from T-Bird -- although > the T-Bird that I have now -- 45.5.0 -- works >fine with LMDE/2 and > GPG/2 > >I didn't have a problem with Thunderbird/Enigmail and LDME until a >recent LMDE re-installation and update - so I was hoping someone would >be able tell me what has changed. I used to get an gpg agent error >message on first use - but before it just carried on and worked anyway. > > > >_______________________________________________ >enigmail-users mailing list >enigmail-users@enigmail.net >To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: >https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
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