Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kde (348 mails)

[Roger Luedecke <roger.luedecke@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, September 06, 2011 10:15:35 AM Jon Nelson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Kim Leyendecker
>
> <kimleyendecker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Am 06.09.2011 17:38, schrieb Martin Schlander:
> > > Mandriva also included Thunderbird and Shotwell in their default
> > > install;-)
> > > ... Which probably makes sense for their target audience, but that
> > > doesn't mean openSUSE should do it.
> >
> > Well, I would support such a decision. I prefer Thunderbird instead of
> > KMail or Evolution.
>
> Ditto, but not by much:
>
> - thunderbird: it works, it's fast, it's extensible, and it's been
> pretty reliable. But, it's OUTRAGEOUSLY memory hungry. Up to 2GB. For
> mail. Too much. Poor google/gmail integration.
>
> - evolution: next best. Folder syncing via IMAP/DIMAP kinda-sorta
> works: it's rather CPU intensive, and it takes a *long* time to sync
> (compared to thunderbird). Not very configurable. It supports google
> calendar natively. BIG PLUS.
>
> - kmail: Looks great, the "flow"/UI is very good and easy to use while
> still being very powerful. However, it just doesn't work. Since KDE
> 3.5 or so, I've not yet had a kmail/kmail2 that works with google mail
> and my mailboxes. It takes forever to sync, even after the initial
> sync. Loses mail. Crashy. The akonadi integration has been a disaster
> for me. Totally unusable[1]. No google/gmail calendar integration.
>
>
> With respect to Amarok/Clementine - I tried Clementine, expecting to
> be disappointed (as I was with Amarok). On the contrary! Clementine is
> fast and has a _very_ nice UI. Love it.
>
>
> [1] - the last time I checked was when 4.7.0 came out. Maybe 4.7.1
> will be better?
I agree with EVERYTHING. Thunderbird so far is the only one that doesn't give 
me a bunch of pain for trying to use IMAP. But, I like how KMail organizes 
things into threads, and so I use it. I also use it so that if it crashes 
(rarely happens for me) I can support my dearly beloved KDE devs.
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