Thunderbird 2.0 – Fedora Core 6

So, I recently installed Thunderbird 2.0 on my Fedora Core 6 box. Here is what I did to get it working:

# yum --enablerepo=development list thunderbird

. . . snip . . .

Available Packages

thunderbird.i386 2.0.0.0-1.fc7 development

# yum -y --enablerepo=development update thunderbird

. . . snip . . .

Updated: thunderbird.i386 0:2.0.0.0-1.fc7

Complete!

The great thing is Thunderbird 2.0 comes with some really cool features which I have completely enjoyed:

• Save searches as folders
• Type as you go search in the message body
• GMail and .mac accounts in two clicks
• Custom message tags

This is also fun to write as a comparison to the Thunderbird installation on Ubuntu.  I thought you’d like to hear the experience from another side.

Cheers,

Herlo