How does one change the default mail program when right clicking an item to send it via email. Currently evolution is my only choice.

If I understand your question properly, I think all you need to do is install another e-mail client. The system will them see that you have tow clients that you may choose between.

Thunderbird has been installed but it is not recognized.

Still looking for a fix to this problem

It depends on which DE or WM you're using?

(Hint: i.e. KDE, Gnome, etc.)

When I installed bluetooth in Ubuntu Gnome the Nautilus SendTo option had Bluetooth (OBEX Push) added to the list. Within Firefox SendTo is separately controlled. In my case I use Gmail and that was set by the Google toolbar. I found the following:

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README.Debian for Nautilus Send To
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Nautilus will require a restart before the "Send to..." will appear in the
context menu of files.

Evolution support requires evolution to be installed. Only address books marked
for auto-completion will be used. Auto-completion can be configured in the
Evolution settings menu.

Gaim support requires gaim to be running and the "Nautilus Integration" plugin
to be enabled.

Gajim support requires gajim to be running and python-dbus to be installed.

Sylpheed-Claws support requires sylpheed-claws to be installed.

I'm using KDE installed from the repository as a meta package. There are other issues with this setup like no shutdown or restart option. I think I'll try the GDE desktop and see what happens...

By "GDE", do you really mean Gnome? -- I did a Google linux on "GDE desktop" (quotes included), & all I found was a link to: GTK Development Environment (GDE).

Please, try to learn & use the correct names for things -- it makes it easier for us to understand, & therefore to answer, your Q's.

Some other thoughts:

You don't explicitly say which distro you're using. We can assume, provided you posted in the right forum, that it is Ubuntu itself or one of the other *buntu's; but, which ver.?

What do you mean by "KDE installed from the repository as a meta package"? Perhaps you started w/ Ubuntu (ver. ???) & then installed the package "kde". Unfortunately, this is the wrong way to do this in Ubuntu. What you want to install is another meta-package: "kubuntu-desktop". This should give a complete working KDE, just as if you had started w/ Kubuntu.

Given APT's ability to resolve dependencies, why don't you 1st try installing kubuntu-desktop.


BTW, for those who are curious, there seems to be a "*buntu-desktop" meta-package for each member of the Canonical family. As of 6.06 Dapper, these are:

• ubuntu-desktop
• edubuntu-desktop
• kubuntu-desktop
• xubuntu-desktop

Sorry for the lack of info. I installed Kubuntu-desktop over ubuntu feisty fawn. My understanding of terminology is KDE = Kubuntu Desktop Environment and GDE = Gnome desktop Environment. If this is incorrect I stand corrected.

Your terminology is a bit off. KDE and Gnome existed long before the Ubuntu family. It is true that Kubuntu uses KDE and Ubuntu uses Gnome. I'm not familiar with GDE but Gnome is always called Gnome. Sounds like you actually have both KDE and Gnome installed with the desktop environment being chosen as part of the login process. Regardless of which desktop is being used the associated applications of both are still available. Control of desktop parameters with Gnome and KDE is very different which makes helping you very difficult and all the more confusing for someone new to Linux. I recommend you stick to one desktop install and learn it.