Title: Ximian Evolution
1Ximian Evolution
- About / Pros / Cons / Notes / Valuation
By Jesper Work
2About...
- Ximian Desktop environment (Novell)
- Package updater/ Exchange Connector
- Desktop theme/integration/multi-distro
- Evolution group ware is flagship feature
- Mandrake 10
- 3 out of 4 CD's w/ full install
- KDE/GNOME
- Debian Sid
- Apt-get up to date
- KDE/GNOME/WindowMaker
3Screenshot Summary
Pro User Configuration
Mail/Tasks/Appts. Con Middle Panel NOT
Removanble
4Screenshot Mail
Pro Full Featured email Virtual
folders allow multiple folders with
only one copy. Con ??
5Screenshot Calendar
Pro Equals Palm Desktop and MS
Outlook Con When migrating old data ALL
old alerts pop up.
6Screenshot Contacts
Pro partial name search, category
lookup, custom views Con ??
7Setup/Trial Notes
-Mandrake 10 Palm Conduits missing which require
Ximian Red Carpet (devious marketing??) -Importin
g data from Evolution to Evolution is multi
step. -Much dependency resolution (ie. need
gnome-pilot) -Debian works out of the box no
problems
8Evaluation a Keeper
- LDAP support
- Multi Mailbox Format
- Palm Sync / Import ability
- Shared Calendaring (??)
- Enterprise ready
- Quite speedy in WindowMaker