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This article is about the e-mail client. For the theory in biology, see Evolution.
Evolution
Developer(s)Novell & GNOME
Repository
Operating systemCross-platform
TypePersonal information manager
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitegnome.org/projects/evolution/

Evolution or Novell Evolution (formerly Ximian Evolution, prior to Novell's 2003 acquisition of Ximian) is the official personal information manager and workgroup information management tool for GNOME. It combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list management functions. It has been an official part of GNOME since version 2.8 in September 2004. Evolution development is sponsored primarily by Novell.

Its user interface and functionality are similar to Microsoft Outlook. It has some distinguishing features: iCalendar support, full-text indexing of all incoming mail, powerful email filters writable in Scheme,[1] and a "Search Folders" feature (i.e., saved searches that look like normal mail folders).

Evolution can be connected to a Microsoft Exchange Server using its web interface and an Evolution add-on formerly called Ximian Connector. Using gnome-pilot, it may be synchronized with Palm Pilot devices, and OpenSync enables it to be synchronized with mobile phones and other PDAs.

Licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Evolution is free software.

Evolution 2

Evolution 2, which has been available since September 2004, delivers these features:[citation needed]

Distribution

Evolution 2.22 was released on 2008-03-11, together with GNOME 2.22 (March 2008). GNOME is the default desktop environment for several Linux distributions, most notably Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu. Foresight Linux showcases the latest releases of GNOME. Novell distributes Evolution with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.

Evolution 2.22 is also available as source code. Some pre-built install packages are available for other operating systems, but only for older versions.

Evolution for Mac OS X

In 2006, Novell provided an installer for Evolution 2.6 on Mac OS X. This outdated version is still downloadable here: [1] A similar link is discussed here: [2].

Evolution for Windows

In January 2005, Novell's Nat Friedman announced in his blog that the company had hired Tor Lillqvist, the programmer who ported GIMP to Microsoft Windows, to do the same with Evolution. The project released an alpha version of Evolution for Win32 on July 4, 2006 and currently has an installer available for Windows XP.

As of July, 2008, 2.22.2-4 has been available for download from DIP Consultants, LLC. Evolution on Win32 This version runs only on Windows XP and newer.[2] While not currently supported on Vista, the 2.22.2-4 release is known to be functional, however a number of bugs still exist [citation needed].

Before this announcement, several projects with the same goal had been started (Evolution for Windows being the most notable), but none of them reached alpha status.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Getting Really Organized with vFolders". Ximian, Inc. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  2. ^ "GetVolumePathNamesForVolumeName Function (Windows)". MSDN Library. Microsoft. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2008-07-30.

External links

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