Ubuntu lucid lynx post installation

There is a few things you need to do after installing Unubu lucid lynx

1. Ubuntu restricted extra (thank you Ranjith Siji, even if I saw it also elsewhere). The problem is if you want real Java as I do, you will have to remove openJDK 6 and install the sun version.

2. As I use gmail on the web, I found a well integrated application (thank D0od ). It is perfectly integrated into the me menu. The problem is you can only watch one mail account at the time.

To install it open a terminal and enter the following lines carefully: -

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gm-notify-maintainers/ppa
• sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gm-notify

To set up your GMail account with GMail Notifier head to System > Preferences > GMail Notifier Configuration. From here you can also specify alert sounds, labels and on-launch preferences.

3. Skype I'm not very happy that Skype is not in the repositories anymore, thus you have to download it from the skype site

4. vlc media player

5. Desktop Webmail allows an additional integration between gmail and Ubuntu. (Thank you Kaba)
After installing Desktop Webmail (sudo apt-get install desktop-webmail) set-it-up as your default e-mail client in System -> Preferences -> Preferred Application – > Mail Reader, replacing Evolution with desktop-webmail.