Dropping Mac for Linux

[Mark Haney]

kevin kempter wrote:
> Hi All;
> 
> I ran Linux as my main laptop OS for several years, then I got into a 
> mac shop and bought a macbook.
> The macbook is ok but it just doesn't cut it per productivity so I've 
> ordered another laptop
> (a 64bit laptop with 8G of memory expandable to 16G and 2 internal 320G 
> 7200rpm drives)
> 
> I'll be loading Linux as soon as the machine arrives from Dell.
> 
> Here's my questions:

I'll answer what I know (or at least think I know)
> 
> 1) Is KDE4 stable enough for day2ay use ?

I believe it is. I've used it since 4.0.0 was released and it's grown by 
leaps and bounds in stability and usability.  I've not switched back to 
KDE3 since about 4.0.4.

> 
> 2) Does anyone know if Kpilot is working with Palm Centro phones ? Is 
> there a better solution besides Kpilot ?

I've heard it does, with some tweaking, but I've not seen it work, since 
I don't own that type of phone.

> 
> 3) Does Kmail support Exchange yet ?

Not as a full Exchange client, but then, Outlook barely works as a full 
Exchange client.  It works great with Exchange via IMAP and there are 
tutorials on how to configure Address lookups via LDAP.

> 
> 4) Is there a way to migrate apple mail messages to Kmail ?

I do not know.  Even a quick Google didn't really show anything that 
struck me as a way to do so, but YMMV.

> 
> 5) Is there a way to migrate apple address book and calendar events to 
> the KDE address book and calendar ?

See above.

> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 

HTH.



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