Dropping Mac for Linux

[Kevin Kempter]

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:

1) Is KDE4 stable enough for day2ay use ?

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

3) Does Kmail support Exchange yet ?

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

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

Thanks in advance...

[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)
> 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.
> 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.
> 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.
> 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.
> 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.

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 09:47 -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> > 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.

The answer depends on what you mean by "apple mail messages". Assuming
we're talking about the Mail.app application in MacOS, it's trivial if
your mail is on an IMAP server: just point Kmail at the same server and
account. If it's held locally (via POP) you need to check how it's
stored on your machine. If you're in luck it will be in mbox format, or
can be exported (from Mail.app) to mbox format, in which case just copy
the file(s) and import them into Kmail.

poc

[Andrew Parker]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:25 AM, kevin kempter
 wrote:
> Is there a way to migrate apple mail messages to Kmail ?

A generic way to migrate emails from one client to another, even
across OSes, is to set up an IMAP server; configure your original
client to use the IMAP server and move emails to it.  Similarly to get
them off the IMAP server with the new client,or just leave them there
and bask in the glory of IMAP.