On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Kim Leyendecker
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
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