On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 11:23:02AM -0500, Christian Dysthe wrote: > Hi, > > I am sitting here now on my Debian box listening to NetRadio having X11Amp > ready, all in all, I have a new envoironemt to work in that in many ways is > just as appealing as my Windows environment was, except for the fact that this > one is much more stable and looks soooo much better than MS Windows does > (thanks to WindowMaker!). > > And then I have to miss two essential tools: > > 1. A stable www browser. > 2. A multi account email program. > > 1. Netscape doesn't even need many comments. It us unstable and full of bugs > under Linux. It works, but it does crash, alot! Always has under Linux. And I > do not want lynx! :) > Strange..I rarely have Netscape crash. I'm using Netscape Navigator (not Communicator) 4.6 from potato. Maybe that's the reason? Try one of the Mozilla releases out. They are much faster than Netscape...just a little unstable. Also, Opera is porting their browser to Linux using Qt.
> 2. Linux people tell me to use mutt or pine or elm or whatever, but I do > not want that. I want something like Outlook Express, The Bat! or even Eudora. > But there is no such thing! A combo consisting of XFmail, exim and > fetchmail is the only solution that comes close to those Win MUA's in my > opinion. That's the point. Exim sends mail/sorts incoming mail, and fetchmail provides a bridge from POP3/IMAP and who knows what else. If a new protocol came out tommorow, then fetchmail would be the only program that needed to be modified. MUA means just that - the user's interface to his/her mail files. I've tried a half dozen email programs, and I'm safe in the fact that 33 MB worth of email is safe inside of the mbox-format files. A combo gives you a tremendous amount of flexibilty. While you are checking out X mail programs, look at empath, http://without.netpedia.net/empath.html and mahogany, http://www.phy.hw.ac.uk/~karsten/Mahogany/ Both are in the early stages of development. I just sent an email to the author of empath, offering to help with development. > Then there is email software connected to Gnome and KDE. I do not want > that either. Is Linux going to become "worse" than Windows, because you will > have to choose a desktop environment you do not really like because it comes > with "must have" apps? I hope not.... Help me out here! :) > Choosing a desktop environment is not required. All you need to have is the various lib* packages for KDE and GNOME, and you can run both types in WindowMaker. Quite honestly, balsa is pathetic, and kmail is mediocre at best. > I just find it strange that I am sitting here now with this wonderful > multimedia capable, efficient and good looking desktop environment running a > great Linux distro feeling I lack BASIC Internet software. You've got plenty of basic Internet software. I was 800 miles away, and I dialed in to my Linux box and read my email. It was just like I was sitting in front of the screen; just as fast because it was a console app (pcAnywhere doesn't even compare). Can you do that with windows? -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org