Thunderbird also supports Google two-step authentication (which I highly recommend employing). Thunderbird’s Gmail support extends to Gmail Labels ─ even allowing you to create Gmail labels (though in Thunderbird, they are still called Folders).
There’s a reason for that ─ Thunderbird is feature-rich, easy to use, offers plenty of plugins (including an outstanding Calendar plugin ─ which supports Google Calendar out of the box), and it offers some of the best Gmail support of any open source client. Thunderbird is most often the default email client on Linux distributions. NOTE: In order to use any of these clients with Gmail, you must have IMAP enabled from within the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab of your Gmail account Settings. If you’re unsure which Linux email clients support Gmail, read on and maybe you’ll find one that perfectly suits your needs and taste. But what do you do when your email of choice is Gmail and your desktop of choice is Linux? Although a surprising majority of people now use their mobile devices to access the internet and read email, there are still a large cross-section of users that prefer a solid desktop client for communication. It is the last option that I want to focus on.
Gmail app or Inbox app via a mobile device For those users, there are a few choices for getting to that Google-branded email: But for those that do not, Google Apps (including Gmail) is a necessity for business.
Many people within the Linux and open source community shun Google entirely.
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