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A new mail program for Linux, Geary, has finally arrived. The smart software brings some fresh air to the genre.
Editing mail with Geary
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In the past few years, the triumph of web-based mail services seemed unstoppable. More and more users now operate email directly in their browsers and do away with specific client programs. No wonder that work on many mail clients has come to a standstill.
Meanwhile, however, a few programmers have found renewed courage to work on such tools. Reasons for their use are plentiful and include closer integration with the operating system or the advantage of providing a uniform user interfaces for different accounts. The signs are good for a classic mailer renaissance, and one interesting new application is Geary [1].
Geary developers aren't new to the open source scene. They also developed Shotwell [2], a popular image manager for Gnome. They're also fond of crowdfunding to finance their work. They floundered for a while, but they finally got to work, and the results are great [3]. The "Installation" box describes how you can integrate the newest version of Geary into your system.
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