[desktop-discuss] Clock Applet and Evolution in vermillion_85

[James Cornell]

Ken Mays wrote:
>> I have the same qualms about the memory usage of EDS, Evolution, and 
>> various GNOME applets as well. While Evolution is quite productive 
>> compared to Thunderbird + Lightning, it's a matter of lost productivity 
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> >from intensive swapping. Plus I use xVM and ZFS, so it's really a big 
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>> issue when GUI stuff takes away large chunks of my total memory. 2GB 
>> should be a decent amount for one xVM guest running with 256MB ram and 
>> ZFS (Which needs about 1GB over the course of a week with a large cache 
>> of my 500GB archive) I really don't understand how a UNIX-based system 
>> could outconsume Microsoft's latest OS with Office 2007 and VMware. It 
>> is how it is, it's just annoying to say the least since I do like Evolution.
>> James
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> James,
> I've been reviewing Evolution to mostly have it replace Outlook 2007 for my own Exchange environment. For the most part, it does a decent job in many areas and just needs various tweaks in others.
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> Ken
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It does indeed do a good job, it's an issue with the total memory the 
JDS environment with Evolution takes up.  There are certain instances 
where it won't be a good option, such as certain interoperability 
features, Smart Cards and Exchange 2007 for example is still not 
proven.  For me, it's fine, but I just use IMAP.

James