{"slug": "evolution", "name": "Evolution", "category": "communication", "category_name": "Email and chat", "description": "", "recommenders": 1, "commenters": 4, "warners": 1, "score": 0.523, "rising": -0.33, "first": "2026-06-08", "latest": "2026-09-16", "why": "I moved from Thunderbird to Evolution and for the most part I find that to be a step up in user experience.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 1}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": false, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I moved from Thunderbird to Evolution and for the most part I find that to be a step up in user experience.", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Evolution"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 776641361, "item_id": 48540085, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540085", "by": "Grombobulous", "date": "2026-06-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved from Thunderbird to Evolution and for the most part I find that to be a step up in user experience.", "excerpt": "The other potentially obvious question is why bother using an OS that\u2019s out of support when Linux is so good? I left Windows 11. The last straw wasn\u2019t Microsoft accounts or Windows updates. I actually thought the OS was fine, most OS updates actually added great new features, and anything I considered an annoyance was easy to disable permanently. Toss your Windows 11 ISO into Rufus and disabling things like Microsoft", "context": "Left Windows 11 for Linux", "use_case": "email client", "switched_from": "Thunderbird", "story": "Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything"}, {"id": 775233376, "item_id": 48452086, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452086", "by": "Grombobulous", "date": "2026-06-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My pick is Evolution but there are many other options.", "excerpt": "If you don\u2019t have any need for Windows/Mac support, I highly recommend moving to something that isn\u2019t Thunderbird. My pick is Evolution but there are many other options.", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "email client", "switched_from": "Thunderbird", "story": "Thunderbird Littering My Home"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 795457605, "item_id": 49716100, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49716100", "by": "microtonal", "date": "2026-09-15", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Evolution-based CalDAV never worked well for me", "excerpt": "I mean every OS breaks I love Linux (first used it when I was 12yo in 1994), but I also had a Mac since 2007 and macOS never broke for me? The other thing is that even basic stuff like calendars, address books, etc. work many times better on macOS than the Linux desktop. 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