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I've been using Thunderbird with the Lightning calendar plug-in. Works great on my Ubuntu laptop. You can download Thunderbird from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/ and check for plug-ins at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/. Installing plug-ins for Thunderbird couldn't be any easier, too. Also, depending on the distribution of Linux that you're running, Thunderbird may in the repository making it very easy to install.
Why would anybody want an Outlook like program? Does anybody know of something that is user friendly instead?
There are lots of "user friendly" email clients for Linux. One of my personal favorites is Claws-Mail. Also, a great text-based MIME mail client is Mutt. There's also Balsa.
oultlook like in that it has a contact list, a calender, todo lists etc.
but twice as usefull and 5 times more stable than outlook!
i also assumes that as the OP is new to linux xe dousent want to have to use the terminal just to check email.
mabie that method is fastest for someone used to the quirks of bash but not for a total newbie
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