Using deepin linux and Thunderbird doesn't pick up correct system time.
System time is set correctly for my time zone, but fact is it doesn't matter what I set the system time to; Thunderbird ignores it and defaults to GMT. I'm fully updated on both deepin and Thunderbird.
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what does the TZ environment variable on you Linux distro show?
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what does the TZ environment variable on you Linux distro show?
Matt thanks for responding. I should have mentioned in first post that I'd set the time zone using the graphical interface, which didn't show my city (LA) but had Vancouver which is also PST. Once I opened a console and used sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata to bring up the time zone configuration window and set it to Los Angeles the problem was solved. I guess something isn't implemented correctly in the graphical control.
Interestingly, issues pop up from Time to Time. Usually with Distros that do not use Thunderbird for their default mailer. I assume kmail must use something other than the TZ environment variable. But I really have not investigated. But your right. The issue lies with the implementation of time zones in the distribution
A fairly inconsequential bug, and most impressively the only one I've encountered in 2 months of using deepin. Delighted overall with the distro. 1 crash in 2 months of being nearly continuously powered up.
I have only ever used Linux on Server hardware. I have had machines with Mandriva, Rad Hat and SUSE and they have run for years (UPS) without even a reboot. I have had drives fail, but the raid 5 just rebuilds them.
Then I have this windows box that randomly reboots because Microsoft are still after 20 years unable to install new software without a restart. I leave is with a load of stuff open, come back in the morning and get to start again because Windows is just that unreliable. The only good thing is the dialog that tells you the program has crashed and you have lost all your data "Ok", no longer appears while the data is still on screen.
But, all in all, I have been very impressed over the last years with the stability of Linux in just about all it's forms.
Unlike you, apart from learning some rudimentary sys admin back in the 90s when I shared responsibility for a Sun prepress server, I am a complete unix/linux newbie. But like you, I'd had it up to here with Windows, so when I replaced my laptop HD with an SSD, though I still have a Windows license I decided to switch to linux. And couldn't be happier that I did.