| jeff on Tue, 12 Nov 2002 21:50:06 -0500 |
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Now *this* is strange. Something I actually have used. I prefer a GUI email client. Kmail suits me fine in terms of interface and features. While I prefer KDE, I have noticed the GNOME is considerable faster on my RedHat 7.2 system. Ok, I can't necessarily answer your specific questions, but I can tell you that I was using RH7.2 then 8, both with Evolution under KDE. Since I'm not entirely clear on desktop operation, I figured that I got Evolution because I installed Gnome too, making it a fringe benefit (even though I use KDE). I think 8 liked my hardware better than 7.2 because it ran a little faster (AMD K6-III 450). EMail is one of the large concerns I have about switching to linux. Evolution seems to do most of what I want it to. 1. jpilot won't install w/o satisfying some arcane dependency. unfortunately I haven't brought my cradle home from work so I don't know about its integration. It *is* installed though. If I can remind myself to bring it home, I'll give it a shot and let you know. 2. kdm seems to have been replaced with gdm or xdm because it looks like the red hat 6.2 log in. With RH8.0 I noticed the desktop looked pretty odd regardless of Gnome (default?) or KDE. There were few differences out of the box. Same goofy swirly wallpaper. 4. I don't like evolution. Seems like outlook for linux. I believe that was the general idea, and one that makes it extremely familiar and easy to use for those of us coming from The Dark Side<tm>. Kmail didn't seem to have a lot of the features. Has anyone encountered the evolution virus and know the cure? When I installed, I went with minimal individual packages. I killed any sort of animation, graphics, exploding windows, sounds, and other stuff I regard as nonsensical resource eaters. I do it with MS too... I'm constantly amazed that people with slow computers will choose to put up full-screen high-color wallpaper. Wishing you luck, Jeff _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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