Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 17:12:47 +0200 From: Philip Paeps <philip@paeps.cx> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What mail client for a computer newbie? Message-ID: <20020820151247.GP22500@juno.paeps.cx> In-Reply-To: <3D617400.1294.5D259729@localhost> References: <3D617400.1294.5D259729@localhost>
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On 2002-08-20 04:42:43, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote: > What mail client would you recommend for my mother? My mother's been using Evolution for a while, and I haven't heard any complaints, and she appears to be communicating happily with the rest of the world. > To be fair, she's been using pine under FreeBSD for about a year now. Now > that she's about to get a new computer, it's time to upgrade to a GUI (we're > going with KDE). Well, if she's used to Pine, why not let her stick to Pine? Maybe install a 'light' GUI (WindowMaker's good) and run Pine in a terminal (like Eterm, Aterm, Xterm, whateverterm). > She has the concepts of email now. But I want a simple interface. Try to > think of this from a computer newbie point of view, not an X or FreeBSD > point of view. I fear that KDE might be a bit too complex. All these funny bells and whistles all over the shop. Might it not be better to install a 'light' window manager instead? I doubt she'll be needing all the 'advanced' features of KDE. Just a way to start the mailclient, the wordprocessor, the spreadsheet, etc. - Philip -- Philip Paeps philip@paeps.cx http://www.paeps.cx/ +32 486 114 720 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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