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   Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 20:53:32 +0000   
   From: Bernard Peek    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Wanting to change from XP to Ubuntu and keep using Turnpike   
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   In message , Moog     
   writes   
   >Bernard Peek wrote:   
   >   
   >> OK. Now I've tried Claws mail. It's got an almost identical interface to   
   >> that of TBird and that alone is enough for me to write it off as a   
   >> non-starter. It seems everyone is copying each other's mistakes (IMHO, I   
   >> hasten to add.).   
   >   
   >Turnpike is a bag of shite fella (my opinion of course). I've purposefully   
   >stayed out of this thread, but I dumped it after alternatives arrived. I   
   >only used it initially 'cos it was free with my Demon account.   
      
   Was that TP 6 or one of the earlier versions?   
   >   
   >I use a dedicated newsgroup program. And three email programs.   
   >   
   >You won't like any of them though. They're NOT Turnpike. If you want   
   >Turnpike....stick with Windows.   
      
   As I said, I may have to if I can't find a usable native Linux one.   
      
   >   
   >Enjoy. Have you also got an Austin Healey (for the arduous trudge to work)   
   >and a Triumph Sprite (solely for the weekend) ;-)   
      
   Looking at Tbird, Claws and Balsa I'd say that they were more akin to a    
   2CV or Beetle. They do the job, but were never intended to be easy on    
   the eye. I'd rate Turnpike as a Rolls Silver Shadow by comparison.    
   Solid, reliable and very well - built, but long in the tooth and very    
   definitely not a modern vehicle.   
      
      
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   Bernard Peek   
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