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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: How sad: Hackers use Windows RID hijacking to create hidden admin account Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 15:43:24 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 65 Message-ID: References: <6rRkP.109425$HxS1.57487@fx39.iad> <9h9aqj96s28rtssnruivlvc8pt86grtine@4ax.com> <4ropP.2$ZBI5.0@fx42.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 16:43:24 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3e2a582780ad21df83ca7d7403115706"; logging-data="122639"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/mbA4spQPF+CF0B0y1EIRy" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0NLN5CBZh8gt4UWmTpT8dwGes1I= Bytes: 4546 On 2025-02-08, CrudeSausage wrote: > On 2025-02-08 2:27 a.m., RonB wrote: >> On 2025-02-08, CrudeSausage wrote: >>> On 2025-02-07 12:41 p.m., RonB wrote: >>>> On 2025-02-07, CrudeSausage wrote: >>>>> On 2025-02-06 7:44 p.m., DFS wrote: >>>>>> On 2/6/2025 4:18 PM, Joel wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> when I see Winblows now it just looks inferior. >>>>>> >>>>>> What about it looks inferior to what you're using (Debian 12)? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I haven't run a Linux DE in a few years probably, so I am curious how >>>>>> they're looking and feeling these days. >>>>> >>>>> KDE is spectacular, the rest is underwhelming. However, most people >>>>> using Linux aren't looking for something pretty since they believe that >>>>> the OS should stay out of the way. They would want resources to >>>>> primarily be available to the software rather than the operating system >>>>> itself. >>>>> >>>>> Still, KDE compares very favourably with the commercial competition. >>>> >>>> To me KDE is kind of "gimmicky." I like Cinnamon, Mate and Xfce much better. >>>> (Mate and Xfce the way Linux Mint sets them up, not necessarily "generic" >>>> versions.) I don't like "standard" Gnome at all. >>>> >>>> That's one of the advantages of Linux. Lots of choice, not "one size fits >>>> all." >>> >>> I find just about everything about KDE to be perfect. The fact that it >>> allows me to know how much wear there is on my battery by default is >>> spectacular. In Windows, you need BatteryBar to get that information or >>> to run a command in the terminal. It also makes theming easy unlike >>> Gnome. Desktop effects are also there if you want to make a change or >>> modify how it works. Meanwhile, it doesn't feel heavy at all and I found >>> it to be rock solid. It will definitely be my choice of desktop >>> environment going forward. >> >> I understand. I don't like KDE. Too "busy" for me. But that's the advantage >> of Linux with the ability to choose and use what you like. >> >> As for battery health I can just type inxi -B in a terminal. Now I see I >> have a discrepency. The BIOS shows "excellent battery health" and inxi -B >> shows 67% health on my newest laptop. I'm guessing inxi -B is right since >> I'm only getting about 7 hours battery life on this Latitude 5300. It's >> supposed to be somewhere around ten hours (or even 12). >> >> inxi is useful for a lot of things. > > 67% health suggests that you routinely charge it to 100% and let it > drain to 0%. I never do. I charge to 80% and usually charge before it > gets to 40%. As a result, even after two years since my battery change, > my health is at 98%. It was the same on the Mac before I got rid of it. I haven't had the computer long enough to "routinely" do anything to it. But I honestly beleive that these Latitudes were used for desktop computers at Idaho Power and we're always attached to Docks — so constantly charging to 100%. -- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien