Suse Linux 9.3 For Dummies- P6

Suse Linux 9.3 For Dummies- P6:This part is all about getting you started on your wayto a lasting relationship with SUSE Linux. Before youcan begin your SUSE Linux experience, I spend a chapterexplaining what SUSE Linux is and what you can do withSUSE Linux (pretty much anything you can do with a PCthat runs Windows).
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Suse Linux 9.3 For Dummies- P6 Chapter 4 Taking Stock of What’s in SUSE In This Chapter Discovering the Internet applications Introducing the office applications Exploring the multimedia applications Reviewing the images and graphics applications S USE Linux comes with a whole lot of applications. All you have to do is look at the menus on the GUI desktops to see what I mean. Often you find more than one application of the same type. For example, in the GNOME desktop, you can take your pick from three Web browsers — Firefox, Mozilla, and Epiphany. Depending on the desktop — KDE or GNOME — that you installed by follow- ing the steps outlined in Chapter 2, you get a different set of applications. Both desktops include the OpenOffice.org office application suite with a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, and more. You find many choices for CD players and multimedia players, not to mention the games, utility programs, and useful tools, such as a digital camera and image editing applications. In this chapter, I provide a quick listing of some common SUSE Linux applica- tions. After you get familiar with these applications, you can explore them fur- ther and use them when you need them. I cover many of these applications in greater detail in Chapters 8 through 14. Discovering the Internet Applications Internet applications are for doing tasks such as browsing the Web, reading and sending e-mail, reading newsgroups, and downloading files. From your SUSE desktop — both KDE and GNOME — you can get to these applications by selecting the Internet menu from the Main menu.Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 56 Part I: Getting to Know SUSE You get different sets of default Internet applications depending on whether you installed the KDE or the GNOME desktop. Table 4-1 lists the default Internet applications for GNOME and KDE desktops. I describe the Internet applications in detail in Chapters 8 through 11. Table 4-1 Typical Internet Applications on GNOME and KDE Desktops Application Category GNOME Desktop KDE Desktop Chat (instant messaging) GAIM, Gnome Jabber, XChat Kopete Web browser Firefox, Mozilla, Epiphany Konqueror E-mail Novell Evolution KMail News reader Pan KNode Videoconference and GnomeMeeting IP telephone Here’s what you can do with these applications: Chat (instant messaging) applications enable you to communicate with other people on the Internet — it’s like a phone call with many people at the same time, only you type your messages instead of speak- ing. America Online (AOL) provides a popular instant messaging (IM) service called AIM. With the chat applications in SUSE, you can talk to people on many different IM services such as AIM, ICQ, and Microsoft’s MSN. On the GNOME desktop, you have a choice of several IM applica- tions such as GAIM, Gnome Jabber, and XChat. On the KDE desktop, use Kopete for your IM needs. Web browsing applications are, well, for browsing the Web. On the GNOME desktop, you can take your pick from three Web browsers — Mozilla, Epiphany, and the up-and-coming Firefox with its reputation as the “faster, better Web browser.” E-mail applications are for sending and receiving electronic mail. You need an e-mail account with an ISP to use these applications. If you use the GNOME desktop, your best bet for an e-mail inbox is Novell Evolution — ...