Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 2nd Jan 2009 22:06 UTC
Netbooks run either Windows or Linux, and both are readily available in shops all over the world. The Linux variants chosen by several netbook manufacturers are usually derived from desktop distributions, and obviously, Windows is a desktop operating system as well. However, netbooks have small displays, and both Windows and GNOME/KDE and some of their applications aren't always suited well for such an environment. Enter Android, Google's Linux-based phone operating system. It is suggested that Android-based netbooks will appear on the market in 2010, maybe even sooner.
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Member since:2006-06-12
You should give Evolution a try, with some novell and redhat plugin, it does that very well. Some of my client got Ubuntu+palm treo+google cal and they work very well together.
TB3 will also improve calender support, until that, mozilla sunbird is there, it use the mozilla plugin system, so you can extend it at your will.
Member since:2005-07-24
You should give Evolution a try, with some novell and redhat plugin, it does that very well.
AFAIK that will still only allow you to view and manipulate your own schedule, not others'.
Right now the Outlook/Exchange has really strong group/calendar support. I don't think anything comes close when you're tied to Exchange.
If you can use a calendar server that talks a really open protocol, such as CalDAV, you might have better luck. Too bad it seems right now all web interfaces are tied to specific CalDAV servers - a good web-based interface that would work with any CalDAV server would be a great companion to the very promising Apple calendarserver ( http://calendarserver.org ).
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2005-07-06
I'm not using it for email. Thunderbird handles my email much better than Outlook. Outlook has some problems with IMAP so I prefer TB.
But calendaring is another story. I like calendar syncing to all my devices. I want to work offline and sync later. I want to use tables, links, colors, fonts, and so on in my appointments. I even like to copy pictures or route maps to my appointments, and attach letters and so on. I mean, real attachments, not links to files. So when I attach a file, I can open that file on all computers where outlook is installed, or where I can access my Web Outlook using the Exchange server. I just like the offline mode, the syncing, the possibility to attach files and rich text to appointments, and the compatibility with a lot of devices. iCal / sunbird / korganizer / horde do not do that yet (I tried them all).