Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related
On Monday, December 02, 2013 05:14:17 PM Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:14:27 +0100, AP <worldwithoutfences@gmail.com>
>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Ralf Mardorf
> >
> > <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> >> I can't remember what I tested a while ago. Perhaps Claws, maybe
> >> Sylpheed. I'll try _both_ again.
> >
> > Have all tried Thunderbird? I am eager to know about it. Is it
> > excellent?
>
> I used it for years, it was and likely is excellent, but not a native
> Linux app and as already mentioned before, I dislike the Mozilla policy.
> It's my eccentric, whimsical notion that I don't use Mozillas _if
> possible_, but I also guess that ... [1]. IOW Mozilla as a MUA for me
> never ever again. As browser I still use QupZilla and the Tor Browser
> Bundle quasi based on Mozilla software.
Why would you say it's not Linux native? Is Thunderbird not compiled for
Linux? It's not running on Java or Mono or anything, is it? I don't follow
your logic here.
Do you mean it's not exclusive to Linux? That's true, but why is that a bad
thing?
Conrad
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