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I'm using Fedora again as my desktop after some years on OS X. Things that I'd like to see: * A better email app. Currently none can be said to work very well.

I'm using Fedora again as my desktop after some years on OS X. Things that I'd like to see: * A better email app. Currently none can be said to work very well. I'm actually considering mutt at this point * A better Gnome Calendar. I think this is coming in the next release. * A PDF viewer that supports highlighting.

pliptvo 10y ago
> A PDF viewer that supports highlighting. Tried Okular? > A better email app. Currently none can be said to work very well. I'm actually considering mutt at this point Switching to Mu4e was the best thing I ever did to my emails. If someone doesn't know/doesn't want to pick up Emacs then I'd recommend Mutt all the way.
- miloshadzic 10y ago
  > Tried Okular? Not yet, but I might. I'm trying to stay on the GTK/Gnome side of things. Re: the email client, I'm no longer an emacs user unfortunately :)
mpol 10y ago
Did you try Claws Mail for email? I have been using it for years and it is the best thing I ever used. Nothing comes close. There is also Sypheed, of which Claws is a fork. I consider both a 100 times better than Thunderbird.
- miloshadzic 10y ago
  I did but I think the setup for gmail didn't work very well and I just gave up.
  - mpol 10y ago
    I don't know, but it could very well be that Gmail deviates quite badly from the IMAP spec.
zoom6628 10y ago
Email app - have a look at Geary. Simple, looks good, works.
- miloshadzic 10y ago
  Thanks, I had some HiDPI trouble when I tried it previously but apparently I misconfigured some fonts so it works now. Pretty close to what I'm looking for. It's a shame that it hasn't seen that much work.
s_kilk 10y ago
For points one and two, have you tried Thunderbird with the Lightning extension? Unfortunately I think it's still the best we've got in terms of fully-featured email clients on Linux.
- miloshadzic 10y ago
  Yes, but unfortunately I can't stomach how bad Thunderbird and Lightning look.
  - Tharkun 10y ago
    And yet you're considering Mutt? Thunderbird is easily the best mail client out there. And while beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it certainly isn't ugly by any standard that I'm aware of.

pliptvo 10y ago

> A PDF viewer that supports highlighting. Tried Okular? > A better email app. Currently none can be said to work very well. I'm actually considering mutt at this point Switching to Mu4e was the best thing I ever did to my emails. If someone doesn't know/doesn't want to pick up Emacs then I'd recommend Mutt all the way.

miloshadzic 10y ago
> Tried Okular? Not yet, but I might. I'm trying to stay on the GTK/Gnome side of things. Re: the email client, I'm no longer an emacs user unfortunately :)

mpol 10y ago

Did you try Claws Mail for email? I have been using it for years and it is the best thing I ever used. Nothing comes close. There is also Sypheed, of which Claws is a fork. I consider both a 100 times better than Thunderbird.

miloshadzic 10y ago
I did but I think the setup for gmail didn't work very well and I just gave up.
- mpol 10y ago
  I don't know, but it could very well be that Gmail deviates quite badly from the IMAP spec.

zoom6628 10y ago

Email app - have a look at Geary. Simple, looks good, works.

miloshadzic 10y ago
Thanks, I had some HiDPI trouble when I tried it previously but apparently I misconfigured some fonts so it works now. Pretty close to what I'm looking for. It's a shame that it hasn't seen that much work.

s_kilk 10y ago

For points one and two, have you tried Thunderbird with the Lightning extension? Unfortunately I think it's still the best we've got in terms of fully-featured email clients on Linux.

miloshadzic 10y ago
Yes, but unfortunately I can't stomach how bad Thunderbird and Lightning look.
- Tharkun 10y ago
  And yet you're considering Mutt? Thunderbird is easily the best mail client out there. And while beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it certainly isn't ugly by any standard that I'm aware of.