I'm beginning to play around with evolution, and migrating all mail from=20
maildir to mbox format, but saw not compelling reason to migrate from kma=
il. =20
However, I have no clue how to utilize the virtual folders. Could anyone=
give=20
a brief rundown of their use and how it applies to real world use? This=20
could be the straw that breaks the camels back.
anthony
On Monday 05 May 2003 11:43 pm, Ted Gould thought they were smart and wro=
te:
> > I'm not sure I follow you here. I like OSX because I can run
> > commercial mac software AND all my linux software - hell if I wanted =
to
> > I could fire up VPC and run *gasp* Windows software too. How are X
> > apps second class citizens? X11 runs nicely in OSX, and you can call
> > your X apps from the command line or from within the X11 app by a
> > simple mouse click.
>
> Well, if you consider that fine - then why not fire up Mac-on-Linux and
> you can run all your Mac OS apps on Linux? It's the same thing, the X1=
1
> apps aren't entirely integrated into everything the way Mac OS apps
> are. I think by saying "from within the X11 app" you've acknowledged
> that they aren't first class citizens in the Mac OS world.
>
> > So you can run Linux and all your linux software, but now you're
> > locking yourself out of some REALLY nice OSX apps (iTunes, iMovie,
> > mail.app, iChat, etc). I'm too addicted to the OSX apps now because
> > they 'just work'. Kind of like running stable tree linux apps.
>
> 'just working' is important, but I think that for the most part Linux i=
s
> pretty much there now. I think with GNOME 2.x on the desktop a lot of
> those issues have been fixed. Not all of them, but many off them. I
> would say that printers and drivers are noticeable exceptions (except o=
n
> Mac hardware where there aren't that many drivers).
>
> As far as the Apps you mentioned, I like the Linux versions better.
> iTunes is nice, but Rhythmbox plays OGGs too. iChat is nice, but GAIM
> supports several different IM protocols and encryption over all of
> them. mail.app is nice, but I can never have a mail client without
> virtual folders again, I'm addicted to Evolution.
>
> Basically it all comes down to the Apps. I like my Linux apps, and som=
e
> of them have warts, but many have key features that I use on a daily
> basis. If I'm going to use all Linux apps on Mac OS X all I get is
> shadows behind the windows (which is really cool).
>
> > If you're going to run linux on PPC, yes Yellowdog is definately the
> > distro of choice. Nice!
>
> Don't tell the Debian guys that ;)
>
> =09=09--Ted
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anthony
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