All my efforts to access my yahoo (and gmail) accounts in all major mail client like Evolution and Thunderbird failed until i came across little known mail client stuff called zimbra. It is based on Mozilla Prism technology and said to be a next generation mail client. I have Installed it in my laptop recently. I found it much faster, and lighter than Evolution. It also comes with all other stuffs like calender and others which major mail client has to offer.
Important point is, you need not have to worry about incoming / outgoing server (particullarly for yahoo), port number and bhla bhla things... simply login by giving your username and password thats it...
Here is the link to download Yohoo Zimbra Desktop which is of 50Mb.
Read this page before installing and configuring Yahoo Zimbra Desktop.
Installation:
Once you downloaded YahooZimbra right click on it ---> Properties ---> click Permission tab ---> enable Allow executing file as a program then close it.
Now double click on the modified downloaded file ---> click Run in terminal tab and follow the simple instruction here after...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Enable More Compiz (3D) Effects... (Ubuntu 8.10)
I am always crazy about Compiz effects and enabled it by installing compiz-setting-manager from
Systems ---> Administration ---> Synoptic Packet Manager
After enabled all effects from Compiz setting manager which i found under System ---> Preferences ---> compiz setting manager, i could get only few effects like Desktop cube, fire on desktop, water effects, minimize effects and few more... after googling around quite some time on Internet i found out solution to enable more eye candy effects. you can also enable these effects by installing simple-ccsm from synoptic or simply typing command in the terminal.
Systems ---> Administration ---> Synoptic Packet Manager
After enabled all effects from Compiz setting manager which i found under System ---> Preferences ---> compiz setting manager, i could get only few effects like Desktop cube, fire on desktop, water effects, minimize effects and few more... after googling around quite some time on Internet i found out solution to enable more eye candy effects. you can also enable these effects by installing simple-ccsm from synoptic or simply typing command in the terminal.
sudo apt-get install simple-ccsm
(Terminal can be found under Application ---> Accessories). After installation you can find Simple-ccsm under
System ---> Preferences (as a Simple Compizconfig Setting Manager)
click on it and enable your preferred effects...
Here are some of the Keyboard Short cut keys for Compiz Effects
Note: The SUPER key is the Windows key (Near by Alt) on most keyboards.
SUPER+SHIFT+DRAG LEFT MOUSE = draw fire
SUPER+SHIFT+C = clear fire
CTRL+ALT+DRAG LEFT MOUSE = rotate cube
CTRL+ALT+LEFT ARROW = rotate cube
CTRL+ALT+DOWN ARROW = flat desktop
SHIFT+ALT+UP = initiate window picker
CTRL+ALT+DOWN = unfold cube
ALT+TAB = window switch
SUPER+TAB = flip switcher or ring switcher, depending on which is enabled.
ALT+F7 = initiate 'move windows'
SHIFT+F9 = water effect
SHIFT+F10 = slow animations
CTRL+ALT+D = show desktop
For Grouping and Tabbing:
SUPER+S = select single window
SUPER+T = tab group
SUPER+Left = change left tab
SUPER+Right = change right tab
SUPER+G = group windows
SUPER+U = ungroup windows
SUPER+R = remove group window
SUPER+C = close group
SUPER+X = ignore group
Hold the SUPER button then select the windows you want to group and then hit SUPER+G.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Find Hardware Details of your Personal Computer / Laptop
GNOME Device Manager helps you to find out harware details of your computer. You can install it using Synoptic Manager or type sudo apt-get install gnome-device-manager in the terminal
System --> Administration --> Synaptic Packet Manager --> gnome-device-manager
Once installed you’ll find it on the
Applications → System Tools menu
To significantly enhance its usability, click View → Device Properties in the Device Manager window. This adds a second Properties tab to the display that shows the technical details about each application. In some ways it’s an information overload but it can prove vital when problem solving. In most ways GNOME Device Manager is similar to its Windows counterpart. The main difference is that it’s purely an informational tool, with no ability to change drivers or configurations. The other difference is that, just because hardware appears in the list under GNOME Device Manager, that doesn’t mean it’s setup for use under Ubuntu. GNOME Device Manager’s list is produced by simply probing the hardware andreporting what it finds.
System --> Administration --> Synaptic Packet Manager --> gnome-device-manager
Once installed you’ll find it on the
Applications → System Tools menu
To significantly enhance its usability, click View → Device Properties in the Device Manager window. This adds a second Properties tab to the display that shows the technical details about each application. In some ways it’s an information overload but it can prove vital when problem solving. In most ways GNOME Device Manager is similar to its Windows counterpart. The main difference is that it’s purely an informational tool, with no ability to change drivers or configurations. The other difference is that, just because hardware appears in the list under GNOME Device Manager, that doesn’t mean it’s setup for use under Ubuntu. GNOME Device Manager’s list is produced by simply probing the hardware andreporting what it finds.
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