Kubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) on Dell Latitude 630 audio/sound problem

I've installed Kubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on the Dell Latitude 630 that ThoughtWorks gave me.

The audio didn't work out of the box. But I just had to run this excellent shell script by Martti Kuparinen for it. He's shared all the details of his Ubuntu on Latitude 630 there.

Lotus Notes quickstart for newbies

Here's some tips to get you started on Lotus Notes (which is what we use at ThoughtWorks). This should save you some 20 minutes of searching around in the menus.

1) Threaded view
Open "Views" from the menu of items in the left pane and select "Mail Threads"

2) Preview pane
View -> Document Preview -> Show Preview

3) To mark a mail as read when you preview it
File->Preferences->User Preferences. Look for "Additional Options". In that, select "Mark documents read when opened in preview pane"

4) Change browser to Firefox
File->Preferences->Location Preferences.
Pick the "Internet Browser" tab. Select "Other". There's an "Internet browser path" below. Firefox is usually in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

5) Set a signature
Action -> Tools -> Preferences.
Look for the Signature tab

6) Quoting messages in the reply
To get the more conventional style of quoting messages in replies, click the Reply dropdown and choose "Reply with Internet-Style history"

Keyboard shortcuts
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* New Mail - Ctrl+M
* Close Tab - Esc
* Refresh mailbox - F9 (Don't try F5. It locks the app)
* Next unread message - Tab or F4
* Reply - Alt+2, Reply All - Alt+3

Ron Paul donation info as Yahoo Messenger status message

Ron Paul is raising money with every passing money bomb. Wouldn't it be nice to display the daily amount as your Yahoo Messenger status message, so that you can let your IM friends know how well he's doing today? Now you can do just that, with the Ron Paul Donation Info Yahoo Messenger plugin.

A screenshot:


Just install it by following the instructions given there. I have tested it on Windows XP, Yahoo Messenger version 8.0 or above.

If you have any problems or suggestions, put a comment here or mail me at pramodbiligiri AT gmail Dot com.