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When comparing Kube vs Alpine, the Slant community recommends Alpine for most people. In the question“What are the best email clients for UNIX-like systems?” Alpine is ranked 10th while Kube is ranked 11th.
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Default Desktop EnvironmentNA
Init-SystemOpenRC
Minimum Available Storage130MiB
OS FamilyLinux
Release ScheduleRolling
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Pro Extremely user-friendly
Pro Can use the built-in text editor or can be integrated with another text editor
Alpine comes with pico, a lightweight text editor which can also be used as a standalone tool. It can also be integrated with vi, vim, emacs, etc... if the user prefers to do so.
Pro On-screen contextual help
Alpine has contextual help that can be displayed on-screen. Removing the need to consult the man pages every time you forget a command or how to do something inside it.
Cons
Con Need to enable "less safe apps" in google
Con Updates are not frequent
Alpine is not updated frequently. This means that new features, bug fixes or security updates come much later than in other email clients.