Ken Mays wrote: >> I have the same qualms about the memory usage of EDS, Evolution, and >> various GNOME applets as well. While Evolution is quite productive >> compared to Thunderbird + Lightning, it's a matter of lost productivity >> > >from intensive swapping. Plus I use xVM and ZFS, so it's really a big > >> issue when GUI stuff takes away large chunks of my total memory. 2GB >> should be a decent amount for one xVM guest running with 256MB ram and >> ZFS (Which needs about 1GB over the course of a week with a large cache >> of my 500GB archive) I really don't understand how a UNIX-based system >> could outconsume Microsoft's latest OS with Office 2007 and VMware. It >> is how it is, it's just annoying to say the least since I do like Evolution. >> James >> > > James, > I've been reviewing Evolution to mostly have it replace Outlook 2007 for my > own Exchange environment. For the most part, it does a decent job in many > areas and just needs various tweaks in others. > > Ken > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > It does indeed do a good job, it's an issue with the total memory the JDS environment with Evolution takes up. There are certain instances where it won't be a good option, such as certain interoperability features, Smart Cards and Exchange 2007 for example is still not proven. For me, it's fine, but I just use IMAP.
James
