Re: Dinner Plans for This First Day of November 2024?

On 11/3/2024 7:44 AM, heyjoe wrote:

Michael Trew wrote :
 

I think the last version for Win7 is 115.  I thought about finding my
old version, but it was glitching and sending error messages on most
e-mails, to the point it was becoming not usable.  I'll try with this
newer version for a while, but I really should just learn how to use
Linux and ditch Windows all together.

 Thunderbird is really an email client that just happens to do usenet
as an afterthought.  There are better usenet clients out there.
Since you have to learn a new Thunderbird, maybe you should switch to
a better news reader and learn that.  Agent 8 is pretty much
abandonware at this point, but is still one of the best.  There are
keys available on the 'net to activate it (rumour has it the Forté
web site won't accept payment for a new key).

I tested agent once, and the learning curve frustrated me.  I suppose I didn't give it much of a chance.

While learning Linux is not difficult, it is not a drop in
replacement for Windows.  The initial learning curve can be steep and
frustrating for long time Windows users.  Been a slacker for 10+
years and I'd never use Windows as my daily O/S.  YMMV

Windows gets worse with each version, and I lost patience after W7.  I'm still hanging on, but I'm going to install Linux Mint or something onto an older laptop to tinker with it, I think.