Integrate Thunderbird on Elementary OS Loki

November 15, 2016 by Sandeep Bhardwaj | Tags: Elementary OS

Install Thunderbird using below command.

sandeep@koko:~$ sudo apt install thunderbird 

then install

sandeep@koko:~$ sudo apt install thunderbird-gnome-support  ttf-lyx

After successful installation of thunderbird install below add-ons to make Thunderbird more integrated and beautiful.

Add-ons

1. GNotifier :- GNotifier integrates thunderbird’s notifications with the native notification system.

2. MinimizeToTray revived :- Minimizes windows into the system trayMinTrayR.

3. Stylish :- Restyle the thunderbird css with Stylish, a user styles manager. and then install the below theme.

   • https://userstyles.org/styles/76739/fedora-18-thunderbird-tweaks

Change in thunderbird config

Thunderbird Preferences > Advanced > General > Config Editor then set mail.tabs.autoHide to true.