Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)
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On 02/11/07 03:43, Joe Hart wrote:
> Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:03:18 +0100
>> Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Damn, did it again. I am so used to hitting reply. I have to
>>> remember Reply to ALL...
>>>
>>
>> 'Reply to list' would be better. There was just recently a thread about
>> Icedove/Thundebird extensions to achieve that.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andrei
>>
> Thanks, I'll check the archives because I searched for it on mozilla and
> couldn't find it.
>
> To be honest I would prefer switching to Kmail because it integrates
> much better to KDE, and it is a good client, but I can't do that because
> my mail has to be accessible from Windows, that my wife insists that I
> keep on this PC.
If you have a 2nd computer, you could run fetchmail and an IMAPd on
it. Any cast-off PC (with PCI slots, to make configuring easier)
with 64MB RAM and a 4GB disk running a stripped-down Etch is all you
need.
> She gets mail too, and says that she has to have windows for her
> school. I told her about Crossover Office, but she says "Why should we
> buy something so I we can run MS Office on Linux when it runs fine under
> Windows". Maybe I'll play with wine and get her apps working. I have
> yet to spend the time. She says OpenOffice isn't good enough, because
> it can't read the .doc files reliably (thanks to the proprietary nature
> of the .doc files).
Has she demonstrated the problems to you, or is she really using it
as an excuse for inertia? (You know her better than I...)
Are there any specialized apps that she needs as a teacher?
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