Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related
On Mon, 2013-12-02 at 10:27 -0600, yaro@marupa.net wrote:
> 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?
If you want adapt a Microsoft/Apple policy to Linux, then Mozillas are
perfect. Go and give Google all your private data, don't care about the
freedom to choose a mail format, use mbox (yes, it's UNIX, not
Microsoft, but how often is it used by Linux MUAs?) ... Mozilla software
is excellent regarding to technically aspects, but not regarding to
freedom.
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