Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 1:45 AM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, I have experience of it. It is good email client. But I
> personally do not like it as much as many people do. It used to be
> much better for newbies than other clients, but I think that that is
> no longer true.
> Depending on circumstances, it is a plus point that it is available
> for several OS's. It can be useful if someone is reluctant to leave
> Windows. Change over to Linux is less traumatic if someone can use
> it first in Windows and continue to use the same applications in
> Linux.
> I always install Thunderbird if I am setting up a Windows box for
> someone. Well, I did when I still had to have contact with Windows.
> And the same for Firefox. Now that Google Chrome is available and is
> cross-platform, I would offer both.
> I used to install Thunderbird for newbies whose boxen I was
> administering. I still have one person using Thunderbird. He has
> adapted it to his needs and obviously wants to stick with it.
> But it is not what I now install. You cannot go wrong with it, but I
> do not think that it is the best. It has, however got a lot of
> add-ons, which some people appreciate. It also has good
> documentation available (on line) which is too rarely true of FLOSS,
> and is a great advantage.
In the net-shell, it is good and can be used for new users but you
mean KMail too is equally well.
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