The program has been called an 'Outlook replacement' by every tech site. Evolution played a major role in allowing the Linux desktop to move into the enterprise by being able to connect to Microsoft Exchange Server and schedule/accept Microsoft Outlook Meetings.

There are a few things that this package helps with that differs from the 'official' Evolution release. Here's a small list:
· this package contains an installer and not just a bunch of zip files of Evolution and its dependencies that the user is supposed to figure out and put together
· this package does not cause an MS-DOS Shell window to be open during the entire time that Evolution is being used
· this package sets the environment paths automatically, which again makes things manageable for you.

Note: Make sure you uninstall and completely remove all traces of previously installed versions.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· There is a new installer, 2.8.2-2, which hopefully fixes international support in the installer.