Yes, I installed python. No, I did not got to the snapshots thread to install anything. The files I installed are:
kindle-jailbreak-1.14.N
update bin 5.8.1
kual v2.7
kual helper 0.5.N
kual mrinstaller 1.6.N
kindle linkss 0.24.N
kindle python 0.14.N-pw2_kt2_kv_pw3_koa_kt3
The install process appears to me to have been successful (apart from the fact that it doesn't work). Yes, I see the linkss folder at the root of my kindle.