I use KMail, the interface is similar to that of outlook.
But sometimes i use outlook too ;)
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From: "Michael Leone" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Newbie List" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 2:48 PM
Subject: [newbie] Re: eh?
From: Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [newbie] eh?
I must confess to being an absolute 'newbie' on Linux. I have managed
to
install lm7.2 correctly. all my devices see to be working ok except my
usb
deskjet895cxi printer which i'm not too fussed about yet. what i am
desperate for though, is to install a '98 emulator to continue using
office2000 (sorry guys, but i really do need to use it!). i've tried
the
'wine' thing using the rpm manager in knome but the damn thing still
doesn't
appear in my program list. I really would like to use the vmware or
whatever
it's called but don't know where to start. i need a real idiots guide
to
downloading/installing, etc taking me right from switching on my pc to
?switching it off! I'm pretty much a whizz on '98 / win2k, etc but Linux
is
killing me. I was born and raised of DOS3.21 and i'm really struggling.
help!
I started way back when with MSDOS 2.0; glad to meet ya! :-)
Wine doesn't like handle O2K. Wine is more for installing specific
applications. What you want is a full OS emulation.
You can try using Win4Lin (http://www.win4lin.com). Realize that this is
not exactly a true newbie exercise, but you should be able to get thru
it. Win4Lin is limited to only running Win9x, not ANY OS like VMWare is.
It's also easier and cheaper. (VMWare is industrial strength hardware
emulation, so you can install any OS into it's virtual machine)
I have installed a full copy of Win98 using Win4Lin (you must have a
legal copy of a Win98 CD to use, or the program doesn't even install).
and I have installed O2K Pro into this Win98 install. Worked fine.
I had to recompile my kernel, to add in support for running Windows
under Linux. You might be able to use the RPMs available from the web
site to do this step; I couldn't, because I had already upgraded my
kernel to v2.2.18 - and the RPMS are for stock Mandrake 7.2, kernel
versions 2.2.17. Wasn't hard, tho - you just need to (mostly) follow the
step-by-step instructions for re-compiling a kernel. Then install
Win4Lin. It - literally - is a full Win98 install, running in a window
on a Linux desktop.
I'm doing this on a P3-550, 384M RAM. No performance problems.
p.s, while i'm on the subject. what's the best e-mail client currently.
i'm
after something similar to oe5 but without the vb / java script support
crap!
I like Evolution, from the Ximian (foremerly Helix Gnome) folks; very
Outlook like. Also, KMail under KDE is quite nice.
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You've got your glory, you've paid for it all
You take your pension in loneliness and alcohol
Billy Squier, "Everybody wants you"
