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The Internet

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This chapter contains information on the applications used in order to connect to the Internet. For the purpose of this guide, the term Internet will refer to Web browsers, Email clients, chat clients, and BitTorrent clients.


Table of Contents

Web Browsers
Konqueror
Firefox
Email Clients
KMail
Chat Clients
Kopete
Quassel
BitTorrent Clients
KTorrent
Plugin Installation
Java
Flash
Gnash

Web Browsers

The default web browser for Kubuntu is Konqueror. To read more about Konqueror, please review the Konqueror Handbook.

There are many different types of web browsers located in the Ubuntu repositories. From text based browsers to the famous Firefox and Opera browsers, Kubuntu has you covered.

Konqueror

Bookmarks

Procedure 1. Importing

  1. Open Konqueror by going to Kickoff Application Launcher->Applications->Internet->Web Browser.

  2. Open the Bookmark Editor by going to Bookmarks->Edit Bookmarks.

  3. In Bookmark Editor go to File->Import.

    Import Options

    You can import IE, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, KDE2/KDE3, Galeon, as well as All Crash Session bookmarks by selecting the corresponding choice in the Import menu.

  4. Select the import option that best suits your setup and then close the Bookmark Editor.

Procedure 2. Exporting

  1. Open Konqueror by going to Kickoff Application Launcher->Applications->Internet->Web Browser.

  2. Open the Bookmark Editor by going to Bookmarks->Edit Bookmarks.

  3. In Bookmark Editor go to File->Export.

    Export Options

    You can export to IE, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, or HTML bookmarks by selecting the corresponding choice in the Export menu.

  4. Select the export option that best suits your setup and then close the Bookmark Editor.

Firefox

Kickoff Application Launcher->Applications->Internet->Web Browser

Firefox 3 is the third generation award-winning Web browser created by Mozilla. Firefox is not installed by default on your Kubuntu system. Please follow the directions below in order to install Firefox.

Installing

  1. Open Add/Remove Programs by going to Kickoff Application Launcher->Applications->System->Package Manager (Add/Remove).

  2. When prompted for your password, enter your user password and press OK.

  3. To the right of the Search box is a drop down selection. Select Any Suite.

  4. In the left hand window select Internet.

  5. In the main window select Web Browser and then press the Apply Changes button.

  6. Once installation is complete press the Quit button to close Add/Remove Programs.

  7. To access Firefox, go to Kickoff Application Launcher->Applications->Internet->Web Browser.

Bookmarks

Procedure 4. Importing

  1. Open Firefox by going to Kickoff Application Launcher->Applications->Internet->Web Browser.

  2. Open the Bookmarks Manager by going to Bookmarks->Organize Bookmarks....

  3. Press the Import and Backup button and select Import HTML... from the drop-down menu.

  4. Next, if you have another browser installed such as Opera, you can import from there. If not, select From an HTML file, and press the Next button.

  5. Select the location of your bookmarks HTML file and then press the Open button.

  6. If you didn't receive any error messages, then the import of the bookmarks was successful.

  7. Close the Bookmarks Manager application.

Procedure 5. Exporting

  1. Open Firefox by going to Kickoff Application Launcher->Applications->Internet->Web Browser.

  2. Open the Bookmarks Manager by going to Bookmarks->Organize Bookmarks....

  3. Press the Import and Backup button and select Export HTML... from the drop-down menu.

  4. Select the directory you want to save the bookmarks.html and press the Save button.

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