Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

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On 02/11/07 03:43, Joe Hart wrote:
Andrei Popescu wrote:
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:03:18 +0100
Joe Hart <j.hart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Damn, did it again. I am so used to hitting reply. I have to
remember Reply to ALL...


'Reply to list' would be better. There was just recently a thread about
Icedove/Thundebird extensions to achieve that.

Regards,
Andrei

Thanks, I'll check the archives because I searched for it on mozilla and
couldn't find it.

To be honest I would prefer switching to Kmail because it integrates
much better to KDE, and it is a good client, but I can't do that because
my mail has to be accessible from Windows, that my wife insists that I
keep on this PC.

If you have a 2nd computer, you could run fetchmail and an IMAPd on
it. Any cast-off PC (with PCI slots, to make configuring easier)
with 64MB RAM and a 4GB disk running a stripped-down Etch is all you
need.

She gets mail too, and says that she has to have windows for her
school. I told her about Crossover Office, but she says "Why should we
buy something so I we can run MS Office on Linux when it runs fine under
Windows". Maybe I'll play with wine and get her apps working. I have
yet to spend the time. She says OpenOffice isn't good enough, because
it can't read the .doc files reliably (thanks to the proprietary nature
of the .doc files).

Has she demonstrated the problems to you, or is she really using it
as an excuse for inertia? (You know her better than I...)

Are there any specialized apps that she needs as a teacher?

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