[Linux4christians] Xandros & Thunderbird

[R. Sheng-Chieh Cheng]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rachel Ramey" <rachel at homeworksbest.net>
I know I'm late, but here's my 2 cents.
[I have been using Xandros since version 1.]

> 
> The new Tiger Direct catalog is offering "Xandros Desktop OS" (not
> pre-installed in anything, unfortunately!).  It *sounds* good, but is it
> really?  Can anyone give me feedback on it?  Does it use RPM?  (I hate the
> ones that only use built-in package listings, because they inevitably do not
> install the appropriate modem drivers, requiring me to go online (!) to
> download the right one.)

Xandros is debian-based.  However, it can install RPM packages.  Either
use Xandros Network (XN) or on a console use rpm.  One warning: I would 
be careful about dependencies, especially if the RPM package uses libraries.  
It does have a wide selection of softwares available.  Not only
Xandros-supported items, but all of debian-unsupported stuffs (and debian
has one of the largest library of softwares).  You can use alien to convert
to DEB files, if desired.  I would not worry about finding stuffs since the
debian library is huge.  As long as the driver works for debian, it'll usually
work for Xandros.

If you insist on a RPM-based distro, I would try Mandriva.  They "inherit"
their code from RedHat.  And they are also desktop friendly.

Finally, if you do go with Xandros, version 4 is coming out June 21.

http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=24227

(Rumor is by a Xandros employee)

 
> Also, how does the Mozilla mail program - I think it's called Thunderbird? -
> compare to Outlook Express?
> 

I have been using TB w/o any problem for several years, but then
I don't use fancy stuffs.  There are alot of extensions for TB if
you want to do stuffs.



Sheng-Chieh

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