Using a VPN for Security

2022-03-23 Thread Seabass via PLUG-discuss
There are a few interpretations to your question. If you mean for a company or homelab, yes, you can use a VPN and you internal systems are more likely to be safer from the outside, because malicious actors need to figure out how to access the internal network before being able to access the in

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-23 Thread Samuel Stavole-Carter via PLUG-discuss
Seems to me like this thread could be a good topic for a presentation for one of the PLUG sessions if anyone feels inspired. :) On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 3:16 PM Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > On 2022-03-23 08:49, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote:

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-23 Thread Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss
On 2022-03-23 08:49, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:45 AM Brian Cluff wrote: Strictly speaking, yes you can install KDE and GNOME at the same time, but it can lead to the 2 desktops fighting for which desktop gets to handle settings on the other and which p

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-23 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Snyder, Alexander J said on Wed, 23 Mar 2022 07:08:48 -0700 >You mentioned using openbox, then I saw this ... > >https://www.debugpoint.com/2022/03/mabox-linux-2022/ > >I think I'll spin up a VM and check out out! > >Thanks, >Alexander Looks great. It has the eye candy some folks like, without ne

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-23 Thread Joe Neglia via PLUG-discuss
Glad to see some love for LXDE. Been using it for many years now. It is simple and small. Would be interested in hearing more about your "keyboard centric workflow" for LXDE. I'm using xmodmap to emulate the beloved and venerable WordStar keyboard diamond to minimize mouse usage, but am curious

To those who don't have a lot of resources:

2022-03-23 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
You know, I used to get the largest hard drive/SSD I could afford and then I realized I rarely access any of my files. So what I am doing now is keeping all of my personal files on a thumb drive. -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-23 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
This is very true, I have found if both are installed SDM handles this better than LightDM and GDM (Personal experience only) On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:45 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > On 3/22/22 16:20, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > I was think

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-23 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
On 3/22/22 16:20, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote: I was thinking of trying KDE, but do I have to re-install a new Kubuntu O/S to have KDE or is there a way to install the KDE desktop on my Ubuntu 20.04 (Gnome) desktop? Strictly speaking, yes you can install KDE and GNOME at the same time, but

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-23 Thread Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss
You mentioned using openbox, then I saw this ... https://www.debugpoint.com/2022/03/mabox-linux-2022/ I think I'll spin up a VM and check out out! Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S22+ On Wed, Mar 23, 2022, 02:41 Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-23 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss said on Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:20:29 -0700 >All, > >I have been using Ubuntu as one of my desktops for a while, but have >always been irritated by how difficult it is to do customize things. I >was thinking of trying KDE, but do I have to re-install a new Kubuntu >O/S to have

Re: GNOME or KDE?

2022-03-23 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:23:29 -0700 >In the past there has been some discussion about which is better GNOME >or KDE? I like Mint and I see it offers MATE (a fork of GNOME 2) or >Cinnamon (a fork of GNOME 3). It has been years and I think I >selected Cinnamon fo

Re: cyber war / moving back to Linux

2022-03-23 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:12:40 -0700 >Hey this guy motioned moving from Chrome to Firefox. Any thoughts? >Quick search says FF is the default for Linux. I use Chrome on Win >and I do not recall why because I have FF installed also. My experience is that Firefox