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30 Aug 2006, 03:38 PM | #1 |
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Evolution Calendar / PIM
I am desperate for a decent calendar which I can share with two or three coworkers, host on the FastMail file store, and which will synchronise with Outlook, or which has sufficient features to entirely replace Outlook.
I know that Evolution, which took the Linux world by storm some time ago has now been ported to Windows, and feel that this might be the solution to my problem. Is anyone using Evolution / FastMail file store as I envisage? If not can anyone please suggest an alternative? My ultimate goal is to move away from Windows entirely, but I am finding it difficult. |
30 Aug 2006, 05:05 PM | #2 |
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Very interesting, I can't comment if its useable, but I will investigate for myself over the next few days.
For those wanting to take a look at the Windows version look here http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/ Jason |
31 Aug 2006, 02:34 AM | #3 | |
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Re: Evolution Calendar / PIM
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I've been trying to use a linux desktop off and on for over a decade now and I'll be completely honest with you -- the linux desktop experience hasn't changed or really advanced in that entire period of time. It's kind of sad really. Every year, the OSS community gets all excited about the "promise" and "potential" of linux on the desktop, but I don't think that potential has ever been realized... and they've been trying for so long. Sure, they'll tell you that in another few years, the linux desktop will be all caught up to the commercial vendors. They've been telling us that for well over a decade now. It still hasn't happened. I don't think it ever will. I'm thinking of giving ubuntu a try on an old iBook I don't use anymore. But just looking at screenshots, I can already see grade-school mistakes in interface design that are completely inexcusable. Something tells me that I already know what awaits me this go around with Linux -- it will be exactly the same as last time and the time before that and all the other times I gave it a shot. How sad. |
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31 Aug 2006, 06:40 AM | #4 | |
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Re: Re: Evolution Calendar / PIM
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I'm inclined to think you don't know what your talking about. |
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31 Aug 2006, 05:02 PM | #5 | |
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What I am trying to achieve is a move from proprietary software and hardware to open source software and generic hardware. Whilst I accept that Apple isn't as dominant as Microsoft, and thus to me is preferable, I don't want to run MS Office or Outlook on a Mac, although I suppose it is somewhat better than a 100% MS environment. |
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1 Sep 2006, 05:08 AM | #6 | |
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The open source desktop has gotten a lot prettier (as Strabismus has pointed out), but it really hasn't gotten much better (as he completely missed) and it's still years behind the competition. He's welcome to disagree if he wants and I'm sure he's not alone, but in my experience (and I have quite a bit of experience) with Linux both as a server OS and a desktop OS, it makes for a lousy PC operating system unless you really like to tinker with your software. |
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