I have had the chance to use a few e-mail clients and some are good and some not. From the ones I have had a chance to use on Windows outlook is very good. On Linux Evolution and its integration to especially Gnome is always worth a look. However, Thunderbird offers some unique abilities and cool features that trumps both for me. Best off all, it is for Linux and Windows.
First cool feature in Thunderbird I find great is the fact that it can be used on Windows and Linux. This means I have an e-mail client that is the same on all my machines. No worrying about different set-ups and configurations.
Second cool feature for Thunderbird is its tabbed e-mail reading. I can open as many mails as I want to all in different tabs in one window. This is a huge plus for me as I hate a cluttered desktop to work on. I really think it is something the other e-mail clients would do well to copy.
Third cool feature I like about Thunderbird is it is hands down the most customisable e-mail client around. Add to that the lots of extensions, and you have an e-mail client looking and behaving just the way you want it to.
Fourth cool fueture I love about Thunderbird is the fact that is a hugely supported e-mail client. Almost every e-mail provider supports Thunderbird. In fact I know of none who does not. enough people use Thunderbird and support is a very available. Not many e-mail clients have the support that you will get for Thunderbird.
Overall Thunderbird is a great e-mail client for free so give it a try if you wish.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
My linux plunge
So I decided to stop duel booting with Windows and Fedora and install Fedora 17 as my primary and only operating system. Its been two weeks now, and after convincing myself that I do not need the Windows operating system I so far have had a good experience. Here is how it went.
My first issue I had is the fact that Fedora installed and used my hard drive as an LVM partition. I thought it would be a good idea to have an extra partition for storage of stuff I do not want to loose when installing a new version of an operating system, as need to be regularly done in the Linux world. Well I so far found that to partition an LVM partition consists of a lot of effort and none of the instructions on how to is very good. Gparted does not do LVM partitions so for now I am stuck on one hard drive main partition until I figure this out.
I had trouble configuring evolution and Thunderbird to my ZOHO mail account. If anyone can figure this out please inform me as well. Leave a comment or send me a mail. I removed evolution and use Thunderbird as my main email program.
I am having problems setting up my scanner, this will be a challenge but I will sort it out.
On the positive side, I am rewarded with a very fast and responsive computer. And I love it. All my hardware including my Epson printer is working fine.
Fedora 17 feels much better that 16 as it did not do a good job in the booting and got itself confused when I tried to login. I think Fedora is not a very good neighbour with other operating systems on the same PC. Ubuntu and Opensuse gave me a much better duel boot experience. That is in my experience in the last 5 years at least.
After a flash and Java plugin installation the browser is fine. I am still struggling with the non free media codecs but VLC is a good enough solution. I never liked rhythmbox anyway, so I just removed it.
I was pleased to discover E-sword works fine on wine as it is really miles ahead of its open source cousins. Especially the functionality offered by its extensions.
Overall I am happy with my Fedora box and I really congratulate the Fedora community on a job well done. Keep up the good work.
My first issue I had is the fact that Fedora installed and used my hard drive as an LVM partition. I thought it would be a good idea to have an extra partition for storage of stuff I do not want to loose when installing a new version of an operating system, as need to be regularly done in the Linux world. Well I so far found that to partition an LVM partition consists of a lot of effort and none of the instructions on how to is very good. Gparted does not do LVM partitions so for now I am stuck on one hard drive main partition until I figure this out.
I had trouble configuring evolution and Thunderbird to my ZOHO mail account. If anyone can figure this out please inform me as well. Leave a comment or send me a mail. I removed evolution and use Thunderbird as my main email program.
I am having problems setting up my scanner, this will be a challenge but I will sort it out.
On the positive side, I am rewarded with a very fast and responsive computer. And I love it. All my hardware including my Epson printer is working fine.
Fedora 17 feels much better that 16 as it did not do a good job in the booting and got itself confused when I tried to login. I think Fedora is not a very good neighbour with other operating systems on the same PC. Ubuntu and Opensuse gave me a much better duel boot experience. That is in my experience in the last 5 years at least.
After a flash and Java plugin installation the browser is fine. I am still struggling with the non free media codecs but VLC is a good enough solution. I never liked rhythmbox anyway, so I just removed it.
I was pleased to discover E-sword works fine on wine as it is really miles ahead of its open source cousins. Especially the functionality offered by its extensions.
Overall I am happy with my Fedora box and I really congratulate the Fedora community on a job well done. Keep up the good work.
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