A Netscape Messenger 4.X that works with modern libraries.

netscape is dead and Thunderbird can do pretty much the exact same thing

indeed. sometimes i wonder if people bother looking before posting on here

it's confusing at first but the idea of mounting into directory structures rather than drive letters makes a great deal more sense when you start getting into the thick of system administration.

however, if it's a linux equivelent of windows'"my computer" then there are options out there. KDE does a lot of this in it's default build (see the 'systems' screen via the link on your desktop.
also, smb4k is a rather handy samba/windows file and printer sharing browser.

i'm sure there are even programs out there to take the pain away from editing fstab, though i've never looked into it myself.

keep with it though - it's a great tool to mount just everything from CD ISO images to network shares.

I think alot of people just assume that a program is not available for linux. There are alot of people who think they "need" a program, when there are OSS programs that do the exact same thing

I haven't gotten around to installing it yet, but is Thunderbird really much different from Icedove, Netscape 6, and aside from security issues, Outlook? I tried Icedove and it is a peice of junk compared to what I have used the last 10 years. I am not sure the Linux community ''gets'' easy to use.

Edit

I just found this quote at wwwtechsoup.org, ''The same is true of Thunderbird and Outlook: going back and forth is pretty seamless.'' NS 4.X was quite different from Outlook. If I liked Outlook, I would use it.

Read the first line of my sig. Just because it isn't easy to use for you, doesn't mean it isn't easy to use for anyone else

why don't you just install it and try it?

I have a life outside playing with my computer. Clicking on the install button as the instructions said didn't work, and figuring out what to do next hasn't been my top priority.

You don't install software from your package manager?

I have yet to find comprehensible instructions for apt-get.

There is also a gui for it, called synaptic. apt-get is easy to use, all you do is:

apt-get install <programname>
apt-get remove <programname>

it takes 2 seconds to download and install using your package manager of choice. You wont even have visit Mozilla's website. The whole process would take less time than in Windows!

Surely even you can make time for that? If not, then don't come moaning about wanting x software for Linux

[edit] oops - didn't spot someone else has suggested you use your package manager

adobe illustrator

I would like to see some low latency audio drivers. Like the asio ones. And consistently i would like to see some port of fruity loops studio!