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Here are the two Gmail Notifications Apps Linux Ubuntu which can add support for Gmail to the Linux Desktop.
CheckGmail
CheckGmail is an alternative Gmail Notifier for Linux and other *nix systems. It is fast, secure and uses minimal bandwidth via the use of Atom feeds.
CheckGmail is a system tray application that checks a Gmail account for new mail. When new mail is present the tray icon changes, an optional animated popup is displayed and a tooltip displays the number and details of new messages. Each message can be opened directly in a browser window, and many common Gmail operations (marking as read, archiving, deleting or reporting as spam) can be carried out on messages directly within CheckGmail, without the need to use the Gmail web interface. Configuration of CheckGmail is GUI-based and the application is designed to be simple, elegant and unobtrusive.
Features of CheckGmail:
- Small, fast and elegant
- Open messages, mark as read, archive, delete, or report as spam directly from the popup window
- Get and display the full text of messages in the notification window
- Supports multiple languages
- Can be run in multiple instances to check different mail accounts
- Supports Gmail hosted domains
- Optional password security
- Supports proxy servers
Install CheckGmail
You can download it from the official website or via Ubuntu Software Center.
Open Terminal and run the following command to install CheckGmail on Linux Ubuntu systems:
sudo apt-get install checkgmail; checkgmail &
Gnome Gmail
Gnome Gmail is software which adds support for Gmail to the Linux Gnome Desktop. It allows Gmail to be selected as the default mail application for the desktop. Unlike other solutions on the net, Gnome Gmail supports “To:”, “Subject:”, “body”, “CC:”, and “BCC: fields, and is available in deb and rpm format.
Gnome Gmail supports “Send to…” from Nautilus. You can send file attachments automatically. The latest version supports Google Apps accounts.
Download and Installation
Gnome Gmail is included many distributions, or you can download it from the official website or via Ubuntu Software Center.
Download the appropriate package for your system, and double-click to install. Ubuntu Oneiric users should download the version from this site.
When you first run Gnome Gmail, under Applications > Internet, it will offer to become your Preferred Mail client. Or go to System > Preferences >Preferred Applications, and select Gmail as the preferred Mail Reader. For GNOME 3, Preferred Applications are set in the System Info utility.
From Firefox, select “Send Link…” to demonstrate. The page link will open in a Gmail browser window.
From the Nautilus File Browser, right-click on a file and select “Send To…”. Select “Send as: Email”, enter a destination email address and click Send. Gnome Gmail will prompt for your Gmail user name and password, then will upload the message to your Gmail “Drafts” folder. Select the messsage, and click “Send”.
From LibreOffice or OpenOffice, select File > Send > Document as Email.
To use Gnome Gmail with a Google Apps account, select the “Configure” option from the Send File login dialog, or edit the /apps/gnome-gmail entries in the command-line ‘gconf-editor’ application.