For many years, Thunderbird is my
default mail client in Ubuntu. The truth is that I’ve tried other
options, which, especially in low resource teams, Thunderbird consumes
too, and I’ve tried to find an alternative, but none convince me.
For some time, I think Ubuntu in
particular lacks a simple email client, while powerful, and with a
minimalist design yet elegant. I do not think to send an email or check
your inbox, necessary, use an Internet browser, either Firefox,
Chromium, or any other, nor is it necessary to use clients like
Thunderbird, despite the power offered. In general, with a simple
interface to do these things is enough.
Well, Geary, a mail client is deployed from its initial state to achieve this goal, a thin client.
Geary is an email client designed for
GNOME so you can read your mail simply and effortlessly. Its interface
is based on conversations, so you can read a full conversation without
going by clicking on e-mail.
About Geary 0.2
Geary 0.2 is in the
early stages of development, and currently, its features are limited. in
fact, the version available on the 0.2 released in October 2012, you
can only use a single email account, which is already a limitation
considerable, since most of us have two or more accounts. However, Geary
developers have planned to implement the search in mail, support for
multiple accounts (fundamental) and designing an extensible architecture
via supplements (like thunderbird) so that other developers can add all
kinds of modular features.
Geary
is developed in Vala, and has seamless integration with both GNOME and
Ubuntu. But can also be used as a Debian other distributions, Fedora and
more .
Install Geary 0.2 on Ubuntu 12.10/12.04
Geary 0.2 is not in the official Ubuntu repositories, but you can
easily install on your ubuntu computer by adding the following PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install geary
How to Use Geary 0.2
The first time you use Geary 0.2, you’ll
see a dialog box like the one shown in the following image, where it
asks for the minimum necessary to set up your email account. And from
there, and you can use it.
Conclusions
Geary complies perfectly with the design
for which it was developed, simple, easy and light. In fact, Geary
consumes a fifth of Thunderbid resources, and it operates perfectly in
the Ubuntu desktop, even with a team of reduced performance. The truth
is that I like, and do not rule out using it in parallel with
Thunderbird for one of my accounts, for which more use, and leave the
rest of Thunderbird accounts.
