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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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It lets you have all of your emails offline as well. If you have to reference an older email, it's faster than loading the webpage again.
Some desktop email clients lets you manage your emails, contacts, tasks, and calendars all in one program, which loads immediately instead of loading multiple web pages. This is why I love Evolution and Thunderbird.
If you have multiple email accounts, it's easier to use an email client, rather than having to log into multiple websites.
The search function in some web interfaces suck.
Some people just don't like their email provider's web interface.