* Jon Nelson
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.
Guess I should speak up for "mutt", a text email client, that is TEXT email client, that does it all with small memory footprint and all the _power_ of any of the *others*. A text email client for text email, which is what email *should* be. Have to place this above *all* others. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org