Enigmail and PGP from GNU
Karl F. Larsen
klarsen1 at gmail.com
Sun Jun 14 16:19:18 UTC 2009
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Muzer wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> H.S. wrote:
>
>>>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> $ sudo aptitude install pgp and then sudo aptitude install enigmail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reboot and then look at your Thunderbird. Up ther with File and Edit is
>>>>>
>>>> No, there is no need to reboot for this.
>>>>
>>>> People with Windows background: In Linux, rebooting is necessary when
>>>> one wants to change the kernel being used. In almost all other
>>>> circumstances, no rebooting is necessary, certainly not for installing
>>>> and using the above mentioned two package.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
> Sorry but your law that you NEVER reboot Linux is in this case an
> error. You have to think to understand why. And actually do it to see.
>
> At time one Thunderbird is up and running. You load GNUPGP and
> Enigmail. Enigmail needs to modify Thunderbird a lot. It does so I think
> by writing to thunderbird on the hard drive. It doesn't show up on
> Thunderbird.
>
> Yes I think you can delete Thunderbird and then start it again and it
> will work. But to just reboot is easier.
>
> 73 Karl
>
>
>>
> Nope, rebooting X (Ctrl + Alt + Backspace if you disabled dontzap,
> otherwise type /etc/init.d/gdm restart at a tty session), or even just
> logging off and on again, are both solutions that will do the same
> without restarting. Remember, Linux and most of the lower-level apps
> that run on it were designed with being a server in mind, which needs to
> be rebooted as little as possible. The only time when you absolutely
> need to reboot is when you updgrade the kernel and want to use the new
> kernel.
Well this is NOT a server, yet. I do have plans to run my web page from
this but not do yet. And as a matter of fact most evenings I just turn
off this computer because in the Summer I do not need the heat.
73 karl
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Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
Linux User
#450462 http://counter.li.org.
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