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I still have a laptop with windows xp with Microsoft Outlook and I trying to find a software to replace microsoft outlook, about contacts and emails together but it able to work also with linux.
I mean, what is better that Microsoft Outlook for emails, contacts and more
Mozilla Thunderbird is an excellent replacement for MS Outlook Express.
I have found the junkmail and spam filters are very effective.
It does lack the calendar options that MS Outlook (not express) has ... though Mozilla is working on that already (I think there is a beta extension available).
I think Evolution is also another replacement ... though I have never used it.
I use Evolution as my mail client at home on Linux. It is a good replacement for Outlook, and even has a module to allow it to connect to an Exchange server if there is one present.
I use Evolution at home because I can create a calendar event at work and add my home email addy as an attendee. When I get home, I accept the invite, and the event is automatically added to my Evolution calendar, complete with popup reminders, etc.
Also, if you don't fancy Evolution which is pretty nice if you like big apps (I prefer smaller programs, but that's because I don't need a calendar), or if you just like KDE apps more, you'll find that Kmail includes pretty much everything you asked for. Actually I think you'll need to install more than just Kmail (like the contacts application), but even if you had to do that (which you'll probably do anyway), you'll have a program that closely resembles MS Outlook; it's got a calendar, it handles your mail, it's got alarms and stuff..and if you like, you can click somebody's name in the address book to start a MSN (or other) conversation with him/her (that is, if you have Kopete installed). So, it's quite a complete pack.
On Gnome, I recommend Evolution as SleepyEDB did, but on KDE definitely it's "own suite".
My idea was sharing data in linux and windows with the same software
If you're just talking sharing email folders, contact lists, and web browser bookmarks then you can use Thunderbird for email and Firefox for a browser.
If you want to share calendars across a Microsoft Exchange server, you'll need something like Evolution. Evolution is more or less an "Outlook clone" for Linux. There is an Evolution for Windows, but I don't know it's status. Probably Beta at best, maybe even still Alpha code.
Personally, I much prefer Thunderbird over Evolution for an email client, but I need to share and access other's calendars at work so I end up using Evolution most of the time there.
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