Sunday, June 28, 2009

Setting Up Evolution Mail with Gmail

1. Log into Gmail from your Internet Browser

2. Click on the Settings tab, then click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab

3. Click to Enable POP and IMAP



4. Open up Evolution Mail

5. Follow the Wizard through the process. When it is at the Receiving email section use the following settings

Server Type: POP
Configuration
Server: pop.gmail.com
Username: enter your Gmail username



6. Continue on through the Wizard until you get to the Sending Mail section

Use the following settings:

# I forgot to take a screenshot, the following settings are self explanatory.

Server type: SMTP
Server: smtp.gmail.com
Security: SSL
Username: yourusername@gmail.com (enter full email address)

Continue your way through the Wizard and click Send/Receive and that it!

Installing Adobe AIR and TweetDeck in Ubuntu

Installing Adobe Air

1. Go to http://get.adobe.com/air/ and download Adobe Air for Linux

2. Now the downloaded file should be called AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

3. Move the file AdobeAIRInstaller.bin to your /Home folder

4. Right click on the file AdobeAIRInstaller.bin and select properties then click on the permissions tab and check the Allow executing file as program.

5. Open up Terminal and type the following commands

chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

then

sudo ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

The Installer will now open and complete install.

Install TweetDeck
















Go to http://tweetdeck.com/beta/ and download the TweetDeck for Linux

When you click to download the TweetDeck file, it will open up a window and just open with AdobeAIR Application Installer or just save the file and double click it.

















There are many Adobe AIR apps available and they install the same way. Now that you have Adobe AIR installed, Have Fun!