I'm looking for a MS Outlook clone for Debian.
I really like the features of Outlook but I'm disgusted with MS Windows and want to move to Linux.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
Thunderbird is the client most use instead of Outlook however 'PlayOnLinux' is an option that allows you to install Outlook 2003/2007/2010 on Linux.
Dont look for clones. what's the point?
Try Evolution, give it a week, see how you like it.
Thanks for your suggestions.
I'm learning Linux now so I'll be ready for the transition when this laptop dies.
'Can't afford to replace it or just jump in and put a new operating system on it until I better know what I'm doing. I prefer to not keep MS Outlook because sooner or later MS will make it necessary to upgrade.
I'll try Evolution.
Iceweasel is supposed to be an unbranded version of Thunderbird and Iceweasel just doesn't compare to Outlook.
...Iceweasel is the default browser on Debian if I remember correctly, like an unbranded version of Firefox
Personally I like the idea of hosting your own web server at home and running a webmail client. But I've used ThunderBird a little and it's nice, and I've heard good things about PlayOnLinux so that might be worth a shot.
Iceweasel is the Debian-branded version of Firefox
I generally have too problems with Webmail:
- It is slower than native applications (nothing beats C/C++)
- You can't (shouldn't?) use Encryption (PGP etc.) with it
I think there's a thing called MailPile that aims to change the issue with encryption, but yeah I know what you mean about it being sluggish. If you haven't tried it on a local server though, it's a lot faster, especially if you've got a gigabit network and a fast server machine. RainLoop is a great responsive personal email client, it's actually smoother than Gmail. I dunno how it's privacy is, but I don't think that would be much of an issue on a local server (unless you're worried about someone stealing it lol) and especially if you use HTTPS. Even a self signed cert would encrypt it.