Apparently it’s a metadata bug, K9 shouldn’t be listed as Thunderbird. See comments ITT.
In F-Droid (not sure about Play or other app stores) K9 v8.0 (and above I guess) is now listed as Thunderbird Beta for Testers. I and possibly others thought that the K9 version of the app would keep it’s branding all the way through, including it’s listing name or title in various app stores. Perhaps it wont or perhaps it’s a listing error. We’ll see.
FYI this is from 2022 but is relevant because Thunderbird (and K9 v8) just landed in F-Droid (and other android package managers I guess but I haven’t checked).
The process of importing from K9 Mail worked without issue for me. There is also the option to import from desktop using a QR scanner (or some kind of scanner, again I didn’t go down that rabbit hole).
Drew DeVault noted the same in So you want to compete with or replace open source.
I think having ‘Open’ in the name muddies the waters a bit though. The full name almost makes the project sound anti open source, which it isn’t.
At first glance they seem to be. They could include ‘Do you agree?’ appended to them to make them more comprehensible. I didn’t create the survey nor am I involved in the project. Just following it’s progress. You could email Bruce to pass on your feedback.
I think this is a limitation of Android that cannot be overcome.
What would make it better than NewPipe?
Aside from saving places what else can you do with google maps that can be exported?
They also don’t want to upset people who prefer the K-9 branding among other things.
There are going to be two clients for an unspecified period of time. Same code base, different branding. It’s not possible to take an existing app released through the app stores and rebrand it. The new Thunderbird app will have import tools to help folks transition.
Webmail, Outlook or Mac Mail.
Interesting projects I haven’t heard of.
Did you set everything up yourself? If so how is it going, what mail stack are you using?
Edit: my bad, I think I understand what you meant now. You’re using the hosts email features for the service your paying for.
This interview has been posted before but I’m sharing it again as it gives an insight into Bruce’s thoughts.
Nothing yet. It’s a draft and the first one at that. It’s not meant to be used for anything. It could be some time before anything comes of this, if anything does come of it.
I think Collabora Online uses or is built on LibreOffice. It’s a subscription service but you can host it yourself for free (I think for personal use). I’ve not tried either. I’m pretty sure the Collabora team are big code contributors to LibreOffice. If I got anything wrong I hope someone will correct me.
Yeah apparently it models all the layers of the Earth’s core, not just the crust. Have fun playing around with it.
Looks like it’s Earth based but I haven’t tested it yet. Only heard about it today while working and thought I’d share.
Bassel Khartabil, In Memoriam
Danny O’Brien, August 1, 2017
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