On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, 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! :) > > 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. 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! :) Why are you against Gnome and KDE? I use KDE and kfm, the file manager, is a very capable WWW browser, and KMail works fine. You can use KDE apps without being tied down to KDE -- any other Linux apps will run just fine. I don't see the problem.
Regards, Barry Kauler
