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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 20:53:32 +0000
From: Bernard Peek 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike
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In message , Moog  
writes
>Bernard Peek wrote:
>
>> OK. Now I've tried Claws mail. It's got an almost identical interface to
>> that of TBird and that alone is enough for me to write it off as a
>> non-starter. It seems everyone is copying each other's mistakes (IMHO, I
>> hasten to add.).
>
>Turnpike is a bag of shite fella (my opinion of course). I've purposefully
>stayed out of this thread, but I dumped it after alternatives arrived. I
>only used it initially 'cos it was free with my Demon account.

Was that TP 6 or one of the earlier versions?
>
>I use a dedicated newsgroup program. And three email programs.
>
>You won't like any of them though. They're NOT Turnpike. If you want
>Turnpike....stick with Windows.

As I said, I may have to if I can't find a usable native Linux one.

>
>Enjoy. Have you also got an Austin Healey (for the arduous trudge to work)
>and a Triumph Sprite (solely for the weekend) ;-)

Looking at Tbird, Claws and Balsa I'd say that they were more akin to a 
2CV or Beetle. They do the job, but were never intended to be easy on 
the eye. I'd rate Turnpike as a Rolls Silver Shadow by comparison. 
Solid, reliable and very well - built, but long in the tooth and very 
definitely not a modern vehicle.


-- 
Bernard Peek
back in search of cognoscenti
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