Thanks Bart,

> Von: Bart <[email protected]>

> I've been on this list for several years now.  The observation I've made
> is that running evolution on ubuntu is problematic.  I seems like that's
> the distro that has the greatest of quirks.  Now, I can't believe that
> everyone using ubuntu is somehow less intelligent or computer savy than
> the rest of us, but....

Ubuntu users are often people who transfer from Windows and have little or no 
problem solving skills as far as Linux is concerned. Not more stupid, but less 
savvy, yes. And telling them to change distro instead of helping them to figure 
things out is just about the best way of spreading the problem - clueless users 
- and does nothing for improving the OP's problem solving skills.

> Using evolution on Fedora seems to be fine.
> Using evolution on openSUSE seems to be fine.
> Using evolution on Arch seems to be fine although Arch is not for the
> novice.
> You want to use Debian, use Debian, not a fork that includes spyware
> (see Richard Stallman on ubuntu)

You might not like Ubuntu, but the problem asked assistance for was a specific 
problem which might or might not have anything to do with the distro or indeed 
the computer. 

The user now thinks it was a hardware problem. If that is correct, telling him 
to shift distro was a totally unwarranted piece of of advice. And if it was not 
correct, then, until proven otherwise (logs!) it is still more likely a 
networking fault than anything else. 

> What's not good is top posting and using HTML on a tech list!

Evolution list is a user list, not a developers's list. I was posting from my 
phone which does not do easily bottom posting. I am sorry if I upset your 
sensitivities. 

Peter
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