November 21, 2007 | In Development | No Comments
I’m using Novell’s Evolution 2.12 on the new machine. It provides mail, calendar, tasks etc. and resembles Microsoft’s Outlook.
Transferring my email from Windows based Thunderbird to Evolution is a slightly more difficult task than the Firefox bookmarks. There is no export function in Thunderbird, which is rather poor in my opinion, so actually getting the email out into a form that can be read by Evolution is a bit more roundabout.
I used a Thunderbird Add-on called SmartSave. This allows you to export your email to plain text. It is a bit time consuming if you have lots of mail as each message is saved to a separate file, but it does maintain your folder structure for you.
Finally, to import into Evolution you can simply drag and drop the messages into the message list window. You will need to recreate the folder structure by hand.
November 20, 2007 | In My Life, Development | 1 Comment
Now I’ve had my new laptop for a few days and have had a play with it, it’s time to transfer all my mail, bookmarks and documents across.
Firstly, Firefox bookmarks is dead easy. I used Firefox for Windows and am using Firefox on the new machine. So all I needed to do was copy the bookmarks.html file from the Windows machine. This is found in the followingdirectory:
Documents and Settings/<username>/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/<random string>/
Alternatively, you can use the Export function from the Bookmarks Manager (Bookmarks -> Organise Bookmarks… menu item).
To import then, you then select the Import function from the Bookmarks Manager. Dead easy.
November 18, 2007 | In My Life, Development | No Comments
I have been considering a new machine for a while and finally decided to go for an os-free one. I specifically wanted a machine for email, web and document editing, so I figured that this firstly did not need a high spec machine and secondly did not need Windows.
I bought a Novatech Sorar Pro and installed Ubuntu 7.1. Novatech do not offically support Linux and provide no help or drivers, so it was a bit hit and miss as to whether it was going to work, but I did some research and reckoned it probably would. Anyway, 20 minutes after starting the install it was all finished. It recognised the widescreen display, wireless worked straight out, and the DVD R/W was no problem.
It’s been a few years since I last used Linux and i have to say I was impressed by how far it has come. The setup was seemless and the whole experience was straightforward.
My next job is to transfer all my mail and documents across…