Ubuntu – Contacts / Address Book equivalent to OS X ‘Contacts’

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This is more a suggestion/observation than a straight question.
As most elderly people I started with DOS, then Windows but after that I switched to OS X and now, I would like to (at 73 years old) quit the Wonderful World of Apple.

I have my whole life (at the moment) on my Mac and I've had Ubuntu installed on my spare MacBook Pro. I'm now in the process "fiddling/learning" my way to be able to transfer my life to Ubuntu.

The one application I find missing in Ubuntu is the equivalent of "OS X Contacts". The only Ubuntu compatible application I've found is Thunderbird which, in my opinion has an unpractical "Address Book" divided into bits by thumbnails, a few of which I have no use for and which in addition seems impossible to modify, in addition OS X (and iPhone) notes don't transfer to the Thunderbird Address-Book on my Mac.

So my question is: why is something so apparently simple as a list of contact V cards (everything on one card including notes,and sync-able with a smart-phone) missing in such an otherwise complete and well made OS as Ubuntu?

Thanks for reading

Bob

Best Answer

I would recommend you to use Evolution Address book. Add it in Software Center or from terminal - sudo apt-get install evolution

Or use Kontact from KDE desktop - can be installed with sudo apt-get install kontact.

Smartphone should sync with online services, no need to sync contacts with pc!

Personally i prefer Thunderbird.

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