Get Gmail Notifications with CheckGmail
- by Martin Kaba
- on Mon May 4, 2009
- 3 Comments
CheckGmail is another simple, unobtrusive Gmail Notifier for your Linux desktop. Unlike the python Gmail-Notifier, it’s less Ubuntu-focused, as it has a RPM and source code packages for your Fedora/RedHat Linux and Debian
This easy-to-configure system tray application uses your Gmail account’s RSS feed for minimum bandwidth use.
- With CheckGmail you can read, report spam, archive, or delete messages from within your desktop tray, without the need of a browser.
- CheckGmail works with Compiz Fusion and it’s Compiz/Beryl derivatives.
CheckGmail has been part of Ubuntu since Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) – - it has gone through the test of time. Click to Install CheckGmail or do so with sudo apt-get install checkgmail
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4:29 pm on May 4th, 2009
Get simple Gmail Notifications on your Ubuntu tray without a browser with CheckGmail http://tinyurl.com/cjprsx
10:44 am on May 6th, 2009
CheckGmail vs Python Gmail Notifier: They are both really good, given that they are home baked application and not from Google. python Gmail Notifier has a little advantage, its the new thing and it highly integrates with Ubuntu 9.04(as you said), but CheckGmail is more feature-rich. “You can read, report spam, archive, or delete messages from within your desktop tray”
Thanks and Cheers
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12:22 pm on May 15th, 2009
Great tool, great tip, now my ubuntu is almost complete. Thanks.